Spinster Heiresses Series
Book 1: If Ever I Should Love You
Book 2: A Match Made In Bed
Book 3: The Duke That I Marry
IF EVER I SHOULD LOVE YOU
Spinster Heiresses, Book 1
CATHY MAXWELL
ISBN #: 9780062655745/9780062655752
December 2017
Avon Books
HarperCollins.com
Mass Market Paperback/EBook
$7.99
358 Pages
Historical Romance
Rating: 4 Cups
Leonie is beautiful and exotic and her father is very rich. She; however, has been dubbed a “Spinster Heiress” by the Ton.
Roman, Earl of Rochdale has an old and respected title, but no money to go with it. He needs to marry an heiress, and he and Leonie have a history.
Leonie has no wish to marry due to an incident in her past. Roman, who was then a military man rescued her and protected her reputation. He is now an Earl in need of a fortune and Leonie is the only child of a very wealthy man.
I enjoyed this first installment of the Spinster Heiresses trilogy. The heroine is a rape survivor with a great many emotional problems as a result. Her neglectful parents did nothing to help her and she has turned to alcohol to blunt the pain. Roman rescued her almost in time and took the blame for the death of Leonie’s attacker, but has little sympathy for her problems coping. He totally misrepresented the state of his holdings, but his wonderful family shows Leonie love for the first time in her life. This emotionally fraught romance is a bit of a roller coaster ride. I had nothing but sympathy for Leonie, but Roman was a bit more difficult to like until he got over his pride and anger.
Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
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