Earl of Weston by Anna St. Claire
Edward Hunter, confirmed bachelor, comes home from an assignment with the Crown to find his brother killed, and his father dead from grief. He is now the Earl of Weston, a position he never wanted. While searching for leads to his brother’s murder, he finds himself forced to attend ton entertainments he normally would have avoided.
Hattie Longbottom is an aging, sheltered spinster who spent her bloom caring for her invalid parent. With the death of her mother, she is forced to leave her home. Because she refuses to separate from her beloved parrot, Archie, her only option is to travel to Eynsham and live with her brother and his family. The journey to his estate wakes Hattie up to the harsh realities of life outside of her little village.
In less than a day, and with the help of her vociferous bird, an unfortunate series of mishaps threatens to ruin Hattie. Can a reluctant earl revenge his brother’s murder and save a spinster in the process?
- File Name:earl-of-weston-by-anna-st-claire.epub
- Original Title:Earl of Weston: Wicked Regency Romance (Wicked Earls' Club)
- Creator:Anna St. Claire
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B078FTSNR3
- Date:2018-02-13T18:00:00+00:00
- File Size:204.911 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Copyright
- 2. Dedication
- 3. Table of Contents
- 4. Chapter 1
- 5. Chapter 2
- 6. Chapter 3
- 7. Chapter 4
- 8. Chapter 5
- 9. Chapter 6
- 10. Chapter 7
- 11. Chapter 8
- 12. Chapter 9
- 13. Chapter 10
- 14. Preview Earl of Davenport
- 15. Acknowledgments
- 16. About the Author
Earl of Weston, book 7 of the Wicked Earls' Club series, was about Lord Edward Hunter, the Earl of Weston, a man who was said to be determined never to marry, and a 26-year-old Hattie (Harriet Eleanor) Longbottom, who missed her debut and several seasons while she tended to her ailing mother. When Lord Edward returned home from an assignment for the Crown, he was told that his brother was dead and, two weeks after his return, his father also died. Being the younger brother, he never expected to gain the title of Earl of Weston. Upon learning that his brother had been murdered, he was determined to personally bring the person responsible to justice. When he was informed that a person of interest regarding the murder would be attending a house party that Edward and his friend, Lord Bergen, had been invited to as well, they made all due haste to arrive on time. Hattie was raised in the country and sheltered from the reality of the rest of the world. (Most of her knowledge was gained from a controlling, overbearing, and over-protective mother and the local vicar, so pretty much everything scandalized her.) After losing her mother, Hattie was given the option to live with an elderly aunt but would be forced to leave behind her parrot, or she could travel to her brother's home to live with him, his wife, and five children. Not wanting to give up her parrot, she set out to make the arduous journey to her brother's estate, taking the parrot with her. The trip to her brother's home was difficult and several complications arose along the way. The stagecoach stopped at the last inn to change horses with just a few miles to go until it reached her destination. However, because of an unforeseen happenstance, Hattie was left behind and had to find a different way to finish her journey. Upon finally arriving at her brother's estate, Hattie was faced with the knowledge that her brother was hosting a house party and that Edward and his friend were two of those attending it. Having met in a most peculiar manner, things went from bad to worse very quickly between Hattie and Edward from their very first encounter. Due to an unfortunate incident, Edward had to step up and save Hattie from ruin. This story was full of angst, drama, intrigue, and a passion that started out as a simmer and then reached smoldering. But the saving grace was the ton of much-needed humor...and let me tell you there was a lot of it. Once the mystery of Edward's brother's death, everything seemed to happen at once, and with it, all the emotions compounded fast. There was so much more to this story than several of the previous books in this series, and that was a good thing. That made this book even more worthy of being included with the Keeper for the Shelves collection.