After her mother’s death, Miss Zoe Chase returns to England to find an ideal husband. Practical considerations include:
Must be responsible.
Must have adequate connections.
All teeth would be a plus. A secret part of Zoe yearns for love, but she can’t afford to let her heart decide. With the help of an old friend, Zoe should have the business done, post haste.
If not for Winn…
No plan … business done, post haste.
If not for Winn…
No plan included a devilishly handsome earl cursed to die.
A family curse left Lord Winthrop Burton fatherless at age five. Now condemned to die by age thirty, Winn is determined to do it on his own terms.
Practical considerations include:
Winn will leave no one behind to mourn him.
If not for Miss Zoe Chase…
When plans fight passion, everything falls.
As desire flares, both careen towards the curse’s end. Because the accidents that once plagued Winn are now happening to Zoe.
To save Zoe, Winn must push her away. Except Zoe has fallen in love with him.
And love does not yield to practical considerations.
Can Winn discover the truth of his curse before it ends them both?
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Great story and characters. Amazing that the author can write the characters such that I truly feel I know them.
This was a well written Regency romance and I really enjoyed reading Winn and Zoe’s story. Both characters are wonderful and were portrayed with such depth and great personalities. They were charming and relatable characters. The connection they had and their chemistry was undeniable. Both characters were also very family oriented, which I really liked. The storyline was engaging, full of danger, intrigue, and of course romance. There was plenty of drama and suspense to keep me turning the pages till the end. This was a great read and I highly recommend for fans of Regency who like a little suspense and drama in their stories!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A mystery and family.
You know what I liked best?
That both Zoe and Winn were close to their families and were very family oriented. Even with the curse hanging over Winn (so he seeks out danger or it seems to find him).
Is it a curse?
Enjoyed.
4.5
Zoe lives with her widowed father who is a diplomat in another country so when she her father wants her to find a husband he send her to her best friend Cyn to stay for her first season. Winn is Cyn’s older brother who takes risks almost daily because he thinks the men is his family are cursed because they all die young. As Winn and Zoe get to know one another again they have a attraction that they can not deny even when he is to help her find a husband. When it is discovered that his family does not have a curse but someone with revenge it changes how he sees his future. Loved this sweet suspenseful romance.
A Common Elements Romance Project story which is well written and held my interest throughout. This is Lord, Winthrop (Winn) Burton, and Miss Zoe Chase a friends to lovers Regency story. There is suspense, drama, danger, a villain, and romance. I enjoyed reading this story. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved dare devil Winn.
Winn figures he is going to die anyway because of the family curse so he seems to go out of his way to do things that are dangerous. His sister’s friend Zoe is returning to England and he figures he is going to be roped into accompanying them around town. Winn remembers Zoe as a young girl not very attractive he is in for a surprise. There is also the undercurrent of mystery about the curse is it real or is it something else? This mystery romance was a fun read I loved dare devil Winn and right up to the end this gentleman is full of surprises. Zoe was great too, in fact, the cast of characters were splendid. I enjoyed every minute I spent with this I was rather sad when it ended. This is a book I gladly recommend hope you pick it up. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
12/18/2020 I very much enjoyed “Winn’s Fall” (nook). The theme of Zoe returning to England to search for a husband is enchanting. It is funny that she is looking for someone with “better” qualities than her childhood friend’s brother (Winn). In spite of his curse and the danger, they have a HEA.
A few times I was confused as to what was going on. Maybe it was because of wordy sentences? Also, apparently auto-correct incorrectly replaced words. For example: “Her Aunt replied with a good bit of condensation.” I found angles instead of angels and; terry instead of tarry.
In spite of the stumbling blocks I recommend this book.
Wonderful, enjoyed the characters immensely and the flow of the story. Thank you!!!
I enjoyed the antics of Winn trying to live up to his family’s “curse”. Had fun reading it.
Good read
Even though you could see in the beginning where it was going to end, it still was an enjoyable read. Great cozy read while stuck inside when it’s raining or snowing.
This one was pretty good, but I did get a little tired of the assumptions the characters made. There was some suspense, but the outcome was predictable. Maybe I have read too many books in this genre.
Good story. Lurid sex wasn’t necessary.
I enjoyed this novel, but it was a little drawn out for my taste.
Very interesting characters, unusual situations and dramatic events led to the HEA!
Highly recommend, couldn’t put the book down!
The characters make the story! They are believable people, not kitschy, not beyond comprehension. The mystery needing solved added to the whole story and actually made it work. A good read!
A Romantic Mystery!
It was lovely revisiting with some old friends from previous stories of the Improper Wives for Proper Lords series. Additionally we have a mystery to be solved and a glorious love story between Zoe and Winn.
I was thoroughly entertained by the antics of Wynn in his efforts to tempt fate but when the truth of the mysterious deaths of the males in his family were revealed I was very surprised. Would not have guessed the why!
This is an entertaining stand alone story and I have enjoyed reading it.
I was gifted a copy of this story and my voluntary review is recorded above.
Typical for this genre. Obvious who the villain is from the beginning. Ok read
Pedantic!
Entertaining