Lady Hartley's Inheritance

by Wendy Soliman

When Clarissa Hartley discovers her late husband's estate has been left to his son, she fears she has lost everything. Only her godmother's son, Luc, Lord Deverill, suspects fraud. Compelled to work closely with the rakish earl, of whom she thoroughly disapproves, Clarissa catches rare glimpses of the compassionate man lurking beneath the indolent facade. But denying any attraction between them and ignoring his autocratic attitude, she takes matters into her own hands. Plunged into a perilous situation by dint of Clarissa's stubbornness, Luc must race against time if he is to rescue her. But can he succeed?

Genres: Historical, Regency, M F Romance

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 17, 2005

About the author

Wendy is an English author now dividing her time between Andorra and West Florida. She grew up on the Isle of Wight but now lives with her husband Andre and a rescued dog of indeterminate pedigree. She writes Regency romance, contemporary romance and a series of marine crime mysteries.

When not writing Wendy enjoys reading other people's books, walking miles with her dog, drinking decent wine and generally making the most of life.

Reviews

[Barbara Ziesenitz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too many spelling and grammar mistakes

It's a nice enough book and an easy read, but any pleasure was taken away by constantly falling over spelling mistakes, missing or duplicate word and grammatical errors. Please get your editing right!

[Michelle McKay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful romance. Clarissa Hartley stays with her godmother and needs help from Luc Deverill to sort out a problem with her deceased husband's estate. But she is also strongly drawn to Luc, who is known as a rake. They fall in love, Luc saves her inheritance and changes his womanizing ways (also teaching Clarissa in-between the sheets), and he finally convinces her to marry him. I only wished they would have adopted the little 5-year-old girl Mary from Luc's orphanage, because not only did they both especially care for Mary, but she helped rescue Clarissa from her stepson in his attempt to steal the inheritance. Small differences from most regency romance stories that I read: this book didn't have as much witty banter, and it had more intimacy.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I've read this before, whether I have or it's just derivative I'm not sure.