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    An Earl Like You: The Wagers of Sin
    An Earl Like You: The Wagers of Sin
    An Earl Like You: The Wagers of Sin
    Audiobook9 hours

    An Earl Like You: The Wagers of Sin

    Written by Caroline Linden

    Narrated by Beverley A. Crick

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    About this audiobook

    When you gamble at love . . .

    When Hugh Deveraux discovers his newly inherited earldom is bankrupt, he sets about rebuilding the family fortune—in the gaming hells of London. But the most daring wager he takes isn’t at cards. A wealthy tradesman makes a tantalizing offer: marry the man’s spinster daughter and Hugh’s debts will be paid and his fortune made. The only catch is that she must never know about their agreement . . .

    You risk losing your heart . . .

    Heiress Eliza Cross has given up hope of marriage until she meets the impossibly handsome Earl of Hastings, her father’s new business partner. The earl is everything a gentleman should be, and is boldly attentive to her. It doesn’t take long for Eliza to lose her heart and marry him.

    But when Eliza discovers that there is more to the man she loves—and to her marriage—her trust is shattered. And it will take all of Hugh’s power to prove that now his words of love are real . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateAug 28, 2018
    ISBN9780062895578
    An Earl Like You: The Wagers of Sin
    Author

    Caroline Linden

    Caroline Linden knew from an early age she was a reader, not a writer. She earned a math degree from Harvard University and wrote computer code before turning to fiction. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award, the NJRW Golden Leaf Award, and RWA’s RITA® Award, and have been translated into seventeen languages around the world. She lives in New England with her family. Find her online at www.CarolineLinden.com.

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    • 3/5
      I suppose I was expecting the story to give the background not covered in the previous book and then quickly pick up at the point where it had left off. I might have enjoyed the journey getting to there more if I had known that that would very nearly be the ending point of this book as well, and not 'when the real journey would begin' or something. Also, I ended up feeling a little bit disappointed with the hero. I wanted to like him, but he kept receiving opportunities to show true character and then kind of flubbing them. Taking the coward's way out of a sticky situation, or mishandeling conflict. He wasn't bad, but I just couldn't really put much faith in him. And I don't hold his major deception against him, it's practically the whole premise of the book, it was other stuff added on top of that. Staying out on his wedding night, (I'm not sure he ever even apologized for it) was super inconsiderate Or pretty much leaving her to fend for herself with his family. At one point he thinks that deflowering the heroine would insure that the marriage proceeded, and then he *does* that. (He and her father had already been sort of using her as an unknowing pawn, but it seemed especially callous to use *that* in his machinations). And then when he took the handkerchief with her blood on it and said something about it being 'proof she was his', I was honestly afraid that her father might threaten to back out and that he genuinely *would* produce it as evidence that it was too late or something! (Her father didn't try, so we can't know for certain how he would have played his cards in that situation, but I hate to even *think* such a thing of a hero, especially after he'd developed feelings for her, and so late in the book! I ended up liking the heroine though, she was very sweet and open hearted. And she seemed especially reasonable as well, given all the trying circumstances.
    • 4/5
      Eliza’s father is a wealthy untitled businessman and wants his daughter to have the very best and has arranged a marriage for her, unbeknownst to her. He has picked an Earl, young, handsome and swimming in debt left to him by his father and proposed an agreement that he would cover all his debts if he would court and marry his daughter. She must not know of the arrangement and she should be courted. Hugh (the Earl) is resentful but is desperate and as he gets to know Eliza he realizes how kind and wonderful she is and slowly starts falling in love with her. There are family introductions and snubs before it’s all sorted out for the HEA.
    • 5/5
      I am loving this series!Hugh and Eliza are a wonderful couple. Though they get together originally for all the wrong reasons--unbeknownst to Eliza, unfortunately--it's hard to imagine that they would have found each other any other way (and even if they had met somehow, that Hugh would have truly noticed her anyway--he even admits this to himself at one point) so it's hard to hate her father *too* much. Hugh truly does have his heart in the right place--the ways he can help his mother and sisters are very limited and the alternate method he'd come up with by himself just wasn't going to have the same effect (though OMG, man, you should have admitted to them the situation your father left you all in much sooner than you did!)Reading this story is like reading an unusually romantic train wreck--you love the characters, hate the deception behind them being together, and know disaster is coming and just can't stop reading until the HEA is achieved. I can't wait to see what Ms. Linden has in store for the rest of the series!Rating: 4 1/2 stars / AI voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
    • 4/5
      I have received an eARC in exchange for an honest review. 4.5*This story is somewhat a marriage of convenience – at least for one of the parties involved.I really liked Eliza, she was the sweetest. In the beginning, she wore pink glasses when looking at the world, but I have to admit I loved her innocence. Hugh, on the other hand, has no other choice but to see the world as it really is – and I think that’s one of the reasons why we readers can forgive him for acting the way he does. It was so romantic to see them develop their feelings for each other, and being so protective as well. Both main characters are so lovable that we just root for their happy ending from beginning to end, even with families imposing and trying to keep them apart. The book has a bit of mystery and lies in the middle, that helps the story flow and keeps the readers interested.I read it just a few hours, that’s how much it kept me interested!