Lord Jeremy Landon, Earl of Bennington, spent the last ten years rebuilding the ruined earldom he inherited from his scandal-ridden uncle. He has one final debt to repay. In lieu of money, though, he is manipulated into marrying a spinster… man her mother despises. Eliza doesn’t believe herself destined for love. Lord Bennington doesn’t believe he’s destined for happiness. Both are about to be tested by a scandal that could tear them apart forever.
Each book in the Landon Sisters series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 To Win a Lady’s Heart
Book #2 To Covet a Lady’s Heart
Book #3 To Seduce a Lady’s Heart
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I don’t know what to do with this. Parts were well done but overall the characters and their “romance” were boring, and the plot points all over the place. I have a feeling some of the issues may have been resolved if I had read the other books but don’t know for sure.
The H is trying to repair the damage his father created for the family name by paying off the debts. The h’s mother (who is supposed to be a raging manipulative harridan) is refusing to accept payment because…reasons. She’s upset because the H can’t repay her with the jewel she claims is gone. The Harridan manipulates him into marrying her ward who happens to be her husband’s daughter and half-sister to the heroine. Hmm, that was interesting! Only we never find out how the ward ended up with the mother, and how the mother and half-sister know about it but they don’t know the other knows about it and the half-sister knows nothing . Does that make sense?
The heroine sends anonymous letters to the H trying to talk him out of this forced marriage as her half-sister is in love with someone else. H is a stuck up, so-and-so and writes back that love has no bearing in a marriage so the h dupes him into marrying her. Well, okay. Things are looking up, but no, it’s still kind of boring. I was a little surprised to read how many reviewers felt the h was unfair by deceiving the H, but, hey, he was standing in the way of true love.
The H inner monologues about his lustful nature and how it’s been his downfall in the past (really…cool, what happened?) then proceeds to avoid the h’s marriage bed and maintains his Master of his own domain status for the next week until the heroine is called back by Mother Harridan because she’s “sick”. Uh huh. I bet you are.
The ward/half-sister marries her soldier fiancee and the last happy, fun characters leave the book forever. Who knows what happened to them as they were only supposed to be gone for three days.
There’s another side-plot regarding the heroine not being a virgin because she was groomed/raped at 14. It lost her one mean fiancee, but the H is a much more understanding guy…probably because he was tired of taking care of business on his own and wanted to get down to the business of getting an heir.
Anyhoo, the heroine’s ex evil doer emerges as he’s grooming a new 14 year old girl. 14 must be his magic number. The H really, really wants to smack him around vengefully, but the heroine gets stupid and thinks it’s a better idea to confront him on her own. No, she doesn’t have a gun, fire poker or even a letter opener, but tries to wound him with her words. The evil doer is much better at this and says he’ll tell everybody and ruin her and her husband’s name. I was incredibly frustrated at the heroine not letting the hero smack this jerk into the next century or at least the Thames because what else would a raging, overbearing, overprotective H be good for at this point? I will say the hero does get a lot nicer as the book progresses.
The H finally steps in and they have a duel. Both men are wounded and the evil-doer child rapist disappears. Not dead unfortunately or even disfigured.
We then find out that the heroine had the jewel(s) all along which surprised the Mother Harridan who really needs a lesson in evil behavior from one of Margaret Way’s mothers on how to control and ruin your child’s life.
Questions:
1. How did the heroine’s half-sister end up living with the mother and sister?
2. How did this so-called lustful nature ruin the H in the past as he talks about it a lot.
3. How and why haven’t other fathers, husbands and brothers not hunted down the pedophile before this?
4.Why did the author create such potentially exciting scenario with the heroine having the jewels all along but never revolving the issue after everyone found out?
Well,I rather enjoyed this book. Eliza and Bennington were terrific. I thought that the writer did a wonderful job of telling her readers a story about a couple, who embark on the struggles that they suffer through within their own families. Eliza’s mother angered me so much. When Bennington arrived into her life, I was glad that Eliza didn’t have to face down her mother alone.
Now I love the interaction between Bennington and his family. The writer did a wonderful job of showing the support that he had from his mother. I liked that the book moved fast for me. It was an easy read. I can say that I was able to follow and understand the storyline.
I didn’t find the romance and or courtship between Eliza and Bennington bland or basic. It was very intriguing with the hot flirting that was happening between the two. I will say that the intimate scenes needs some attention. Give the readers all the juiciness that we crave. Throw caution to the wind.
Open up your mind and write what you picture in your mind and don’t hold back. You got this. With that, I liked the book. Until next time my fellow readers… read on.
3.25 stars
Lord Jeremy Landon, Earl of Bennington, spent the last ten years rebuilding the ruined earldom he inherited from his scandal-ridden uncle. He has one final debt to repay, it’s a Rushworth jewel that he’s been unable to find so offers Lady Rushworth money instead but she refuses, he then offers to do anything to repay the debt. Lady Rushworth who hates any Landon wants Jeremy to marry her ward & he agrees. Lady Eliza Burke is tired of living under the rule of a tyrannical mother. She’ll do anything to escape, even marry a man she doesn’t know and a man her mother despises but it will save Christina who deserves to marry her love Tom. So Jeremy & Eliza marry & it’s only after their marriage that he finds out who Eliza really is.
The pace of the story was good & the characters were well portrayed but I found it hard to really like Jeremy & Eliza. She had a secret that although she could have told Jeremy on lots of occasions she didn’t & she went running back to see the mother she disliked immediately she was sent for. Jeremy said he wasn’t bothered about Eliza’s past but then when they consummated the marriage it was purely for his satisfaction, that’s not how I expect a hero to act. Then there was Daisy, I didn’t get why he was referred to as a she after his sex was pointed out as a young pup. It was a story of letting go of the past & going forward & whilst it wasn’t the best book I’ve read it certainly wasn’t the worst. I’ve read other books by the author & loved them & this has no way put me off reading more
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read