Not enough for a wa Luke Andrews is Baron of Stockport. No one in regency times is going to pay much to see a house. He runs tours of the house during which people can see the ‘Baron’ and his new wife, a girl from the village, Brigitta Blackburn, he has convinced he has actually married. While away in London trying to find an eligible heiress to marry to solve the estate’s financial issues, his half brother Chadwick comes up with a scheme of his own. By the end though, I was generally just dazed and confused.more The author can spell and I've read worse books. (view spoiler) There is just nothing likable about any character.įor some weird reason, I kept reading. Temper or not, she is the ultimate doormat. Even knowing what was going on, he went along with it, continuing to lie to Brigitta (who is unbelievably stupid and weak). Apart from the moments of extreme wussiness, he was also cruel, manipulative, and not much better than his brother Chadwick.
It has to be the most unbelievable, most ridiculous plot I've ever come across. Temper or not, she is the ultimate d Honestly, I have no idea what to make of this. Honestly, I have no idea what to make of this. How can Brigitta accept what she thinks to be true, when she really yearns to follow her heart? When she sneaks onto the baron’s land to steal some firewood, she’s caught, hauled before the play-acting “baron,” Chadwick, and offered a solution to her plight… and his.īut Chadwick’s ruse embroils them all. With the estate in financial distress and rents high, food and wood are scarce. In Stockport village, Brigitta Blackburn doesn’t have two sticks to rub together - literally. He needs to devise his own scheme to replace the money he’s lost, before his brother returns. With the baron away, Chadwick will play - gambling the estate’s remaining funds into oblivion. Meanwhile, Luke’s half-brother Chadwick never could resist a good game of Faro, or anything else, for that matter. They’d try the nerves of a saint and Luke can’t quite bring himself to make an offer he knows he’d regret. He needs a wealthy bride to secure future funds for his financially shaky estate, but the belle of the London season is a spoiled terror with an arrogant father. Meanwhile, Luke’s half-brother Chadwick never could resis Luke Andrews, Baron of Stockport, is in trouble. Luke Andrews, Baron of Stockport, is in trouble.
0 kommentar(er)
