Third Son's a Charm
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3.9 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Ewan Mostyn thinks a job as a duke's daughter's bodyguard will be easy—but Lady Lorraine has a few tricks up her sleeve that spark an undeniable passion.
"I know we aren't suited. You are silent, and I speak all the time. You're a younger son with no fortune or title, and I'm the daughter of a duke. You are a brave war hero, and I've never done anything of any note. But I cannot seem to help how I feel when we are together. You are the only true thing in my life. Don't you see? Everything else is a diversion."
Fiercely loyal to the survivor's club that make up his friends and comrades, Ewan Mostyn is the toughest in a group of younger sons of nobility who met as soldiers and are now trying desperately to settle back into peaceful Society. Ewan trusts his brawn more than his brains, but when he's offered a job watching the Duke of Ridlington's stubbornly independent daughter, he finds both are challenged.
Lady Lorraine wants none of her father's high-handed ways, and she'll do everything in her power to avoid her distressingly attractive bodyguard—until she lands herself in real trouble. Lorraine begins to see Ewan's protectiveness in a new light, and she can only hope that her stoic guardian will do for her what he's always done—fight for what he wants.
Praise for Shana Galen's Regency Romance Third Son's a Charm:
"Shana Galen's deliciously brooding hero and delightfully quirky heroine turn this tale of adventure into an endearing love story that kept me up all hours reading… Wonderful!"—SABRINA JEFFRIES, New York Times bestselling author
"Shana Galen delivers again!… A sharp, poignant battle of wills between a wonderful wounded hero and the only heroine brave enough to get past his defenses. Don't miss it!"—EILEEN DREYER, New York Times bestselling author
"Galen charms readers with poignant and unforgettable characters, humor, and a passionate page-turning tale that's impossible to put down"—LORRAINE HEATH, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Galen's ostensibly Napoleonic-era romance, modern sensibilities beget confusion. Ewan Mostyn, third son to the Earl of Pembroke, has done his duty as a lesser son, purchased a commission in the army, and gone off to the Peninsular War against Napoleon. Upon his return, Ewan is cajoled into guarding Lady Lorraine Caldwell, the naive, lovely daughter of the Duke of Ridlington, who has convinced herself of an undying love for Ewan's fortune-hunting cousin Francis. A game of seduction that starts out merely as a way for Ewan to foil his detestable cousin quickly turns into something much more enjoyable. Galen (Traitor in Her Arms) includes a nifty twist on the usual difficulties facing the hero. The book is filled with present-day manners and attitudes toward the military, and there's little that harkens back to the Regency period except the most general context.
Customer Reviews
The Protector
The beginning of a new series focusing on twelve men who have returned from the Napoleonic War. All are younger sons, therefore expendable, and their survival is rather miraculous as they belonged to a band, once thirty strong, who were tasked with the most suicidal of missions. Naturally the effects of war have left their mark on these survivors who are expected to reintegrate themselves back into Society. We don’t get introduced to all twelve characters in the first book (that would be two much!) but just the few that are close friends of our hero. Ewan is the third son of an Earl but lives above a gambling hell rather than the family townhouse. He is estranged from his father, who considers him a numbwit and openly prefers his cousin Francis, who bullied him as a child. When the Duke of Ridlington offers him a job as bodyguard to his spoilt, passionate but naive daughter, Ewan initially refuses until he realises that the fortune hunter he is to thwart is Francis.
Ewan and Lady Lorraine couldn’t be more different, he is the strong, silent type (nicknamed the Protector by his fellow soldiers) whilst she is vivacious and talks up a streak. Gradually they begin to respect the other’s strengths and open up to each other but a third son, with little money, is a poor match for a Duke’s daughter.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated for my review, and I was not required to write a positive review. The opinion expressed here is my own.