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I Love the Earl (The Truth About the Duke 0.5)
by
Caroline Linden (Goodreads Author)
A single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a suitor.
Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it's unlikely any man will court her now that she's older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly...more
Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it's unlikely any man will court her now that she's older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly...more
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I can't remember exactly how I came to download this ebook. Perhaps it was mentioned on Facebook? But I didn't realize until I'd finished it that it was only a novella. Which is fine--I just wish I'd known. Ah, well.
I liked the concept: spinster sister and bachelor brother unexpectedly inherit a fortune and, in the case of the brother, a title. The new duke decides to give his sister a 40,000 L dowry, which attracts the fortune-hunters. Conflict arises between the siblings when he objects to her...more
I liked the concept: spinster sister and bachelor brother unexpectedly inherit a fortune and, in the case of the brother, a title. The new duke decides to give his sister a 40,000 L dowry, which attracts the fortune-hunters. Conflict arises between the siblings when he objects to her...more
Great start to a new series. This was just a novella, but it was a fun quick read and I didn't want to put it down. Everything changes when the deLaceys become nobility. As Francis takes on the role of duke, he declares that he shall shower his sister, Margaret with a very hefty dowery. Margaret, who feels herself deep into spinsterhood is thrown into the limelight.
Her coming out however is just in time for Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling as he has fallen into desperate times. As he searches for a...more
Her coming out however is just in time for Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling as he has fallen into desperate times. As he searches for a...more
I enjoyed this. It's only 100 pages, according to goodreads. That must be why I finished it in record time. It was good but very light on, and the conflict was barely there. However the characterisation was delightful.
It's interesting to contrast Margaret, the heroine of this novel, with Kitty from Heyer's Cotillion, which I've also just read. Both are heiresses, both are perceived as greatly improved in the eyes of their beholders by their new, fashionable outfits, and both don't take shit from...more
It's interesting to contrast Margaret, the heroine of this novel, with Kitty from Heyer's Cotillion, which I've also just read. Both are heiresses, both are perceived as greatly improved in the eyes of their beholders by their new, fashionable outfits, and both don't take shit from...more
I Love the Earl is a prequel novella to Ms. Linden's newest historical romance trilogy, The Truth About the Duke, the first book of which is titled One Night In London, released in September 2011. I Love the Earl takes place several decades before One Night In London and tells the love story of Margaret de Lacey and Rhys Corwen, the Earl of Dowling. Margaret is a spinster at age thirty having never married and is nearly resigned to remain this way, although she still dreams of falling in love, m...more
Show Me the Dowry!
This is a witty, sweet book that gave me the impression that titled yet penniless, bachelors of the Regency are similar to the athletes we worship today. Instead of football or baseball, however, their game is to land a bride whose large dowry will restore the entailed, crumbling family castle and provide a male heir to continue the vicious cycle of the Rake: rise, rot, ruin.
Margaret and her brother, Francis, unexpectedly inherit a fortune and title that changes their middle-c...more
This is a witty, sweet book that gave me the impression that titled yet penniless, bachelors of the Regency are similar to the athletes we worship today. Instead of football or baseball, however, their game is to land a bride whose large dowry will restore the entailed, crumbling family castle and provide a male heir to continue the vicious cycle of the Rake: rise, rot, ruin.
Margaret and her brother, Francis, unexpectedly inherit a fortune and title that changes their middle-c...more
I really enjoyed this book. Despite the short novella length, all of the characters, including the secondary ones, are well fleshed out and come alive on the page. The heroine and the hero are both nice, decent people and they never say or do anything designed to hurt the other. There are no big misunderstandings, no deep dark secrets and no evil doers that must be vanquished. What you get instead are two smart, mature people who are capable of facing the practical problems to hand while remaini...more
Reviewed by Valerie
Book received from NetGalley for a book tour
Caroline Linden, why isn’t this book longer? I want more!!! This is a new ebook being offered by HarperCollins digital line, Avon Impulse. Did I mention I felt it was too short for me because I absolutely and totally loved it?! Also, there are many references to Pride and Prejudice that you will catch if you are a fan too which only endeared the story to me even more.
This book had it all: the chemistry you want between characters, a...more
Book received from NetGalley for a book tour
Caroline Linden, why isn’t this book longer? I want more!!! This is a new ebook being offered by HarperCollins digital line, Avon Impulse. Did I mention I felt it was too short for me because I absolutely and totally loved it?! Also, there are many references to Pride and Prejudice that you will catch if you are a fan too which only endeared the story to me even more.
This book had it all: the chemistry you want between characters, a...more
From Goodreads: A single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a suitor
Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it’s unlikely any man will court her now that she’s older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durham and settles an enormous dowry on her, making her the most eligible heiress in t...more
Margaret de Lacey has accepted her unmarried state with dignity, if not delight. She had no suitors when she was young and starry-eyed, though regrettably poor, and it’s unlikely any man will court her now that she’s older, wiser, and still just as penniless. Until, that is, her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durham and settles an enormous dowry on her, making her the most eligible heiress in t...more
Due to a misplaced Nook, I began reading this novella on the same day that I began reading First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh. Both rely on a similar trope - an unmarried woman in her late twenties/early thirties resigns herself to a single life. Suddenly, her brother becomes a wealth nobleman when a distant relative dies without leaving an heir. The women's lives change dramatically and suddenly they become very eligible women who need to marry to fulfill societal expectations. In this novella...more
You know what I loved about this book? I never had to forgive the hero or the heroine for being an idiot. Not once did they betray each other. Not once did they fail to forgive a shortcoming. There was no subterfuge, no great misunderstanding. It's just a story of a man, trying to win a woman's heart --and succeeding.
Margaret is firmly on the shelf at 30 when her brother inherits a Dukedom. He decides to share his good fortune with his sister, offering a sizable dowry for her to finally snag a h...more
Margaret is firmly on the shelf at 30 when her brother inherits a Dukedom. He decides to share his good fortune with his sister, offering a sizable dowry for her to finally snag a h...more
- When Margaret de lacey was six years old, she dreamed a great beauty and marrying a prince
- When she was ten years old, the local squire’s son called her a horse-faced shrew
- When she was fourteen, she threw her mirror against wall and broke it, furious at the reflection it showed her, she wanted to be dainty and beautiful, not tall and plain with no bosom to speak of
- By the time Margaret was seventeen, she accepted, however, sullenly and grudgingly, that the best she could hope for was to be...more
- When she was ten years old, the local squire’s son called her a horse-faced shrew
- When she was fourteen, she threw her mirror against wall and broke it, furious at the reflection it showed her, she wanted to be dainty and beautiful, not tall and plain with no bosom to speak of
- By the time Margaret was seventeen, she accepted, however, sullenly and grudgingly, that the best she could hope for was to be...more
I really enjoyed reading this book, the story was surprisingly good. The first half of this book I found it entertaining and enjoyable, but somehow in the other half there's a little bit of downhill and anticlimactic.
I liked Meg's character as a woman, yes a woman in thirty with some wits, independent and mature. As a spinster she accepted her fate that she will never find a husband because of her looks and her status. Though far from destitute, she was also far from rich. Her father was the gra...more
I liked Meg's character as a woman, yes a woman in thirty with some wits, independent and mature. As a spinster she accepted her fate that she will never find a husband because of her looks and her status. Though far from destitute, she was also far from rich. Her father was the gra...more
I adore the hero in this book. Yes, he starts off as a fortune hunter but he quickly realizes that money pales in comparison to how wonderful it is to find someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with. He's genuine and sweet and sneaky enough to get past the barriers that the heroine has up against any fortune hunters.
The heroine is smart and sarcastic and loves to threaten harm upon those she loves best. She's a spinster and was ready to embrace that kind of life when things chang...more
The heroine is smart and sarcastic and loves to threaten harm upon those she loves best. She's a spinster and was ready to embrace that kind of life when things chang...more
3.5 stars
What I really loved about this novella was the ripe sexual tension between Margaret and Rhys. I mean, it sprang from the page and hit you in the face. There's just something about a woman who claims to hate a man, yet cannot stop thinking about him.
Margaret's brother, Francis, came into his title when he unexpectedly inherits. She had been content to be a spinster for the rest of her life. When Francis lists Margaret's dowry as 40,000 pounds, she knows only the fortune hunters will be...more
What I really loved about this novella was the ripe sexual tension between Margaret and Rhys. I mean, it sprang from the page and hit you in the face. There's just something about a woman who claims to hate a man, yet cannot stop thinking about him.
Margaret's brother, Francis, came into his title when he unexpectedly inherits. She had been content to be a spinster for the rest of her life. When Francis lists Margaret's dowry as 40,000 pounds, she knows only the fortune hunters will be...more
Margaret de Lacey has accepted her modest life as a spinster after realizing she is handsome and not terribly beautiful with no huge dowry to help tempt a man from all the other bevy of beauties. When her brother unexpectedly inherits the dukedom of Durham, both of their lives are drastically changed. Her brother, Francis, settles the huge sum of forty thousand pounds for her dowry with the hopes of Margaret finally finding her own happiness. Naturally, all the broke, down on their luck, titled...more
I really enjoyed this story and I thought the writing was quite good. I liked the characters and thought it refreshing that the Earl was honest and upfront about his financial status. I did get irritated at the duke's handling of the situation but I guess that built character too. I would definitely read more books by this author. This book is more story and character driven than anything (meaning I did not find the sexual tension I often enjoy in romance books to be very prominent). I wasn't qu...more
So no one has ever tried to put the moves on you.
A lifetime passes in front of your eyes, every day is the same and you fill it with family and hobbies. But you are denied the chance to become a mother, a wife, a lover because no one is interested this is where Margaret de Lacey find herself at her thirtieth birthday. She is comfortable with a good relationship with her older brother Francis that takes care of her financially. Suddenly he finds himself the Duke of Durham and incredibly wealthy s...more
A lifetime passes in front of your eyes, every day is the same and you fill it with family and hobbies. But you are denied the chance to become a mother, a wife, a lover because no one is interested this is where Margaret de Lacey find herself at her thirtieth birthday. She is comfortable with a good relationship with her older brother Francis that takes care of her financially. Suddenly he finds himself the Duke of Durham and incredibly wealthy s...more
Sweet little novella about a rather plain spinster who suddenly becomes a sought-after heiress at the age of 30, when her older brother unexpectedly becomes a duke.
She's very determined that she won't fall for any fortune hunters, and makes her brother agree that she will have final say in whomever she is to marry.
Of course, the Earl of Dowling is exactly the sort of impoverished gentleman that Margaret is determined to stay far far away from. His estate was badly mis-managed before he inherited...more
She's very determined that she won't fall for any fortune hunters, and makes her brother agree that she will have final say in whomever she is to marry.
Of course, the Earl of Dowling is exactly the sort of impoverished gentleman that Margaret is determined to stay far far away from. His estate was badly mis-managed before he inherited...more
A straight up romance novel! This one didn't need a mystery to make the relationship between our two heroes stronger. They had some obstacles to overcome but they did so realistically and without too much drama. It's refreshing, reading a historical romance devoid of drama!
Margaret is suspicious, and rightfully so, Rhys is determined and his reasons are simple and serious. They both know what they want and they act like adults about it for a change! Love is more important than money, is a messag...more
Margaret is suspicious, and rightfully so, Rhys is determined and his reasons are simple and serious. They both know what they want and they act like adults about it for a change! Love is more important than money, is a messag...more
I read this ebook in 2 hours on a Sunday afternoon. I have the 3 novels in the "The Truth About the Duke " series, and decided to download and read this prequel before starting the main novels. I am convinced that the Duke Of Durham is gay, after reading about his secretive and peculiar batchelor behavior in this Prequel. But then I know he goes on to have 3 sons in the other novels.
This was an enjoyable read, but I was turned off by the Duke of Durham when he reneged on the amount of Margaret's...more
This was an enjoyable read, but I was turned off by the Duke of Durham when he reneged on the amount of Margaret's...more
3,5 stars
"You're the third earl to ask me to dance tonight. One trampled my shoes and the other one hardly knew the steps, so i don't think i shall risk a third try. I hear you lost all your sheep, which is very sad for the sheep, but i don't consider myself a suitable replacement for any flock." (Margaret de Lacey when presented to Rhys, the Earl of Dowling)
Despite the fact that this one is a novella, i'm perfectly content with the way the characters were portrayed, turning this story, into a l...more
"You're the third earl to ask me to dance tonight. One trampled my shoes and the other one hardly knew the steps, so i don't think i shall risk a third try. I hear you lost all your sheep, which is very sad for the sheep, but i don't consider myself a suitable replacement for any flock." (Margaret de Lacey when presented to Rhys, the Earl of Dowling)
Despite the fact that this one is a novella, i'm perfectly content with the way the characters were portrayed, turning this story, into a l...more
Prequel to series but can be read as stand-alone.
The start was very promising. When H/h meet for the first time, sparks fly and not in a way you imagine.
Margaret gives Rhys a thunderous set down. She's tired of fortune hunters going after her enormous dowry and she lashes out at him when he approaches her and asks her to dance. Obviously this results in H becoming even more determined to have her and not just for her fortune.
Maybe because it's a novella and author was limited by specific word...more
The start was very promising. When H/h meet for the first time, sparks fly and not in a way you imagine.
Margaret gives Rhys a thunderous set down. She's tired of fortune hunters going after her enormous dowry and she lashes out at him when he approaches her and asks her to dance. Obviously this results in H becoming even more determined to have her and not just for her fortune.
Maybe because it's a novella and author was limited by specific word...more
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I don't normally favor historical anything, but I thought I'd tackle this one as it was the January 2013 pick for the NARWA (Northern Arizona Romance Writers of America) Book Club. It's a novella, so it wasn't long-just right for the holiday season, and I ADORED it! I loved the premise, the writing was easy to read and there was just enough historical setting, dialogue and background to keep me from nodding off and actually enjoy the story. Ms. Linden focuses on the love story and the historical...more
The life of Margaret de Lacey suddenly changes when her brother inherits the Dukedom of Durham. From a penniless spinster to a Lady with a huge dowry, making her a very rich heiress.
Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling is looking for a wife with money. Someone who can help him pay all his debts. He attends a party in search of a rich lady. But when Margaret refuses to dance with him and tells him the hard truth of his persona, he suddenly becomes smitten with her and he knows she will be the only woman...more
Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling is looking for a wife with money. Someone who can help him pay all his debts. He attends a party in search of a rich lady. But when Margaret refuses to dance with him and tells him the hard truth of his persona, he suddenly becomes smitten with her and he knows she will be the only woman...more
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This is the second novella I've read in the last two weeks and I must say: still not a fan of the concept. I mean, if the whole thing is only 100 pages long, there's not much room for character development and I feel the characters are less fleshed out in general.
However, I did enjoy this novella. It was short, but sweet, even though I didn't really connect to the characters. I felt Margaret's brother was a cardboard, he served his purpose and that was really all there was to it.
I did like Mar...more
However, I did enjoy this novella. It was short, but sweet, even though I didn't really connect to the characters. I felt Margaret's brother was a cardboard, he served his purpose and that was really all there was to it.
I did like Mar...more
I seem to have a weird relationship with novellas that are prequels to longer series. I am obsessed with finding them and using them to figure out if I like a particular writing style or premise. But, I often find myself disappointed in the shorter length and often cliffhanger endings that are designed to make me want to purchase the actual series books. Thankfully, this was not the case with I Love the Earl which is an introduction to Caroline Linden's The Truth About the Duke historical series...more
Recommended Read
My review cross-posted from Joyfully Reviewed: http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/recom...
At thirty years old, Margaret de Lacy has almost given up hope of ever finding a husband. All that changes when her brother inherits a dukedom. He decides to settle an enormous dowry on her and suddenly men are flocking to Margaret in droves! But Margaret wants love, not a man who’s after her fortune.
Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling, needs a fortune badly, and he’s resigned himself to the fact that...more
My review cross-posted from Joyfully Reviewed: http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/recom...
At thirty years old, Margaret de Lacy has almost given up hope of ever finding a husband. All that changes when her brother inherits a dukedom. He decides to settle an enormous dowry on her and suddenly men are flocking to Margaret in droves! But Margaret wants love, not a man who’s after her fortune.
Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling, needs a fortune badly, and he’s resigned himself to the fact that...more
I think that I enjoyed this book so much because Margaret reminded me of myself in a lot of ways. She's not beautiful but she's confident. In Rhys she finds a man who loves her just as she is. I always kid that my husband is special only because he's put up with me for so many years, and Margaret has found the same type of man in Rhys.
This was a wonderful, fast paced romance and it accomplished it's purpose in that it made me order "One Night in London" immediately upon finishing this "prequel"...more
This was a wonderful, fast paced romance and it accomplished it's purpose in that it made me order "One Night in London" immediately upon finishing this "prequel"...more
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Caroline Linden earned a degree in mathematics from Harvard and worked as a programmer in the financial services industry before realizing writing fiction is much more exciting than writing code. Now the author of nine books, she lives in New England.
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