Viscount in Love
A Novel
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4.5 • 184 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women.
He wants a nanny, not a bride…
Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady—until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée’s unconventional sister. Torie isn’t perfect, but their kisses are so passionate that society thinks he’s actually chosen her.
She wants to marry for love…
Torie has never been able to make sense of words on a page, so she has turned her talents to art. She longs for a man who values her as she is… but marries for the sake of the twins. She doubts Dominic is capable of love, let alone respect, but as their heated debates turn into something more, Torie begins to imagine a life as a wife, not a nanny.
But when the arrogant viscount finds that his viscountess has stolen his heart, he’ll have to give all he has to win her love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller James (the Would-Be Wallflowers series) introduces her Accidental Brides series with this middling Regency romance. Victoria "Torie" Sutton, a dyslexic artist, suspects that her older sister Leonora and Leonora's handsome fiancé, Viscount Kelbourne, are not truly in love, but she tries to dampen her own attraction to Kelbourne by focusing on his bad temper rather than his impressive physique. For her part, Torie is holding out for a love match, but finding an eligible suitor proves difficult when her inconsiderate father and sister have spread the fact that she's illiterate throughout London society. After Kelbourne unexpectedly becomes the guardian of his late sister's young twins, Leonora elopes with someone else, having not signed up to play mother. Kelbourne, whose affection has shifted from Leonora to Torie anyway, decides she'll make a suitable replacement bride—if he and the meddlesome twins can convince her to say yes. Though plucky social outcast Torie is an admirable heroine, grumpy Kelbourne feels rather one-note and the obstacles keeping them apart are drawn out and repetitive. This is far from James's best.
Customer Reviews
Viscount in love
As lovely a story as all other Eloisa James’s books. I laughed out loud and read several passages to my husband, which he also enjoyed.
After reading a scathing review of this book, I thought about passing on it. Fortunately, I realized one negative review could be—just wrong. Frankly, everything about that review sounds like sour grapes from a competing author.
This story is a delightful tale of two people recognizing their shortcomings and striving to overcome them for their love of each other. I also enjoyed the historical notes at the end.
Eh
Started good but took a turn for the cheesy.
EJ is a true artist.
This book, like so many of hers, made me FEEL. It was a pinch in my chest when the hero disappointed the heroine and when they both had the courage to be vulnerable. I don’t have the words to describe it, but this book was heartbreaking and heartwarming. Thank you EJ for another witty and moving book. The next one can’t come fast enough!