A Season with her Forbidden Earl by Julia Justiss
A Season with Her Forbidden Earl by Julia Justiss Series: Least Likely Wed Series Book #3
on April 23, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Fake Dating, Fiction / Romance / Friends to Lovers, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency, Fiction / Women
Pages: 272
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Step into 1830s London as a lady gets her second-chance Season!
Determined to stay a spinster
For her second Season!
When an unexpected windfall gives Lady Margaret the chance for another Season, she relishes the opportunity to see her friends again, including Julian Randall, Earl of Atherton. She has no need to find a husband, and widower Julian has sworn off the marriage mart, so escorting each other is the perfect platonic arrangement. Until a new, exhilarating attraction simmers between them—one this respectable spinster is forbidden from indulging in…isn’t she?
From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Least Likely to Wed
Book 1: A Season of Flirtation
Book 2: The Wallflower's Last Chance Season
Book 3: A Season with Her Forbidden Earl
A Season with her Forbidden Earl is the third in the Least Likely Wed series. I tried to read this book without reading the previous book “The Wallflower’s Last Chance Season” and I just felt lost. So I took a step back and read the second book in the series and it helped my understanding of all the different characters tremendously. However, I struggled through this book. The heroine Lady Margaret has achieved independent wealth and as a result she is determined to stay independent and not wed. But when her friendship with the Earl of Atherton threatens to become more, Margaret clings to her independence in an almost heartless way. I found that the more the story progressed the less I liked the character of Margaret. Her internal battle of whether to wed or stay independent grew wearying. I also found her desire to use the hero for her own carnal desires to be off putting. I did enjoy the entrance of a “villain” but that really didn’t happen until the end of the story. Overall, even though it’s a well written book, I wasn’t on board with the storyline.
