Earls Trip
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4.1 • 35 Ratings
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"This is a witty, charming, character-driven story that is honestly one of the best historical romances I’ve read in years." —Julia Quinn, bestselling author of the Bridgerton novels on the TODAY Show
Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton for a 19th century spin on The Hangover in USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday’s laugh-out-loud bromantic comedy featuring three Regency-era Earls on their annual trip – ride-or-die buddies offering one another unconditional support in everything from Lady problems to family woes.
From the author of CANADIAN BOYFRIEND, the perfect romp for fans of Evie Dunmore, India Holton, Virginia Heath, Manda Collins, and Suzanne Allain!
Even an earl needs his ride-or-dies, and Archibald Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, counts himself lucky to have two. The annual trip that Archie takes with his BFFs Simon and Effie holds a sacred spot in their calendars. This year Archie is especially eager to get away until an urgent letter arrives from an old family friend, begging him to help prevent a ruinous scandal. Suddenly the trip has become earls-plus-girls, as Archie’s childhood pals, Clementine and Olive Morgan, are rescued en route to Gretna Green.
This…complicates matters. The fully grown Clementine, while as frank and refreshing as he remembers, is also different to the wild, windswept girl he knew. This Clem is complex and surprising—and adamantly opposed to marriage. Which, for reasons Archie dare not examine too closely, he finds increasingly vexing.
Then Clem makes him an indecent and quite delightful proposal, asking him to show her the pleasures of the marriage bed before she settles into spinsterhood. And what kind of gentleman would he be to refuse a lady?
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Holiday (Canadian Boyfriend) makes the playfully anachronistic tone clear from the very first line of this fun Regency series opener: "What happens on Earls Trip, stays on Earls Trip. Usually." Archibald "Archie" Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, is stoked for his annual two-week vacation with his best bros, Simon Courteney, the Earl of Marsden, and Edward Astley, Viscount Featherfinch. En route to Scotland, Archie receives a desperate message from family friend Sir Albert Morgan. Sir Albert's daughter, Clementine, whom Archie hasn't seen in many years but remembers fondly and who recently ended her engagement to the odious Theodore Bull, is chasing after her impulsive sister Olive, who has eloped to Scotland with Theodore. "Please Archibald," Sir Albert writes, "save my girls." Now the men have a mission. After rescuing the women and bringing them to a friend's vacant castle, however, the trio's sacred male-bonding time is impinged upon. Though Archie asks the women to keep their distance, he can't resist joining Clementine for bouts of late-night stargazing. When she asks him to show her that intimacy can be better than what she had experienced with Theodore, Archie realizes that agreeing to her request will forever change their relationship. Humor abounds and the pages turn at a brisk clip. It's a delightful romp.
Customer Reviews
Earls Trip
Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday
Historical romance.
Three Earls take an annual two week vacation. Archie, Simon and Effie have been friends since childhood. As a way to deal with their stress and everyday burdens, they take turns choosing a vacation spot and escape. This year, a messenger intercepts them on the way out of town, asking for Archie to rescue Olive and Clementine Morgan from a ruinous scandal. He, of course, rescues them, but returning them home would take up most of the two week planned get-away. So instead, the five travel to the remote, crumbling, and borrowed castle on the edge of Scotland, to relax and rejuvenate with strict instructions that the women remain out of the way so as to not bother or ruin the men’s escape.
Needless to say, separate areas of the castle doesn’t end up working and they all find deeper friendships in the end.
Humorous, delightful and adorable. A slow burn blooming friendship, multiple times over between the group, with Archie and Clem turning into a deeper bond of romance. Vegetarian cooking and leaking roofs add depth and color. A story you will love. I hope this is the beginning of a series as I’d love to revisit with these friends.
I received a copy of this from NetGalley