How to Catch a Wicked Viscount by Amy Rose Bennett
A young lady’s tarnished reputation might cost her everything in this first book in the Disreputable Debutantes series.
Shy, bookish Sophie Brightwell is expected to make an advantageous match to improve her family’s fortunes. However, Sophie’s plans to make a spectacular debut go horribly awry when she and her three closest friends are expelled from a young ladies’ academy for unbecoming conduct. Since the ton will be sure to close their doors on these disgraced debutantes, they determine that unconventional means need to be employed in the husband-hunting market. Rakehells—the beau monde’s wickedest members—might be the only men willing to overlook a young lady’s besmirched reputation.
But how does one catch a rake?
Nate Hastings, the devil-may-care Viscount Malverne, is the older brother of Sophie’s best friend, fellow disgraced debutante Lady Charlotte. When a terribly foxed Nate accidentally compromises Sophie, Charlotte strikes a wicked bargain: in order to avoid a scandal and the parson’s mousetrap, Nate must help Sophie snare a husband. But as Nate fulfills his obligation and begins to instruct the lovely Sophie in the art of luring rakes, he soon finds himself battling his own fierce attraction to her.
- File Name:how-to-catch-a-wicked-viscount-by-amy-rose-bennett.epub
- Original Title:How to Catch a Wicked Viscount
- Creator:Bennett, Amy Rose
- Language:en
- Identifier:3437617246
- Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
- Date:2019-08-27
- File Size:544.782 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Acknowledgments
- 5. Contents
- 6. Chapter 1
- 7. Chapter 2
- 8. Chapter 3
- 9. Chapter 4
- 10. Chapter 5
- 11. Chapter 6
- 12. Chapter 7
- 13. Chapter 8
- 14. Chapter 9
- 15. Chapter 10
- 16. Chapter 11
- 17. Chapter 12
- 18. Chapter 13
- 19. Chapter 14
- 20. Chapter 15
- 21. Chapter 16
- 22. Chapter 17
- 23. Chapter 18
- 24. Chapter 19
- 25. Chapter 20
- 26. Chapter 21
- 27. Chapter 22
- 28. Chapter 23
- 29. Chapter 24
- 30. Epilogue
- 31. Excerpt from HOW TO CATCH AN ERRANT EARL
- 32. About the Author
How to Catch a Wicked Viscount, Book 1 of The Disreputable Debutantes series, was about Miss Sophie Brightwell and Lord Nathaniel "Nate" Hastings, the Viscount Malverne, heir to the Earl of Westhampton. Having spent the past three years in social exile because she and her three friends had been expelled from their finishing school for "conduct unbecoming", Sophie received a surprising invitation to spend the season as a companion with her friend, Lady Charlotte Hastings, Nate's younger sister. Nate, and his friends, were frequently speculated about in the papers due to one scandalous event after another until his father put a halt to it. He demanded that Nate become more responsible about his estate and find a wife or he would be cut off. After arriving home late one night very drunk, Nate was discovered by his sister in a compromising situation with Sophie. Although he had done the proper thing and offered for her, his sister refused to let him get off that easily. Instead, Charlie demanded that he become their escort to events and to help Sophie find an appropriate husband. He reluctantly agreed. However, the more time he spent in Sophie's presence, the more he longed for her himself. The story was long and drawn out more than it needed to be. It actually had more than one storyline going on at the same time, which caused a bit of confusion if one wasn't paying attention. The romance was a hit or miss. While there was passion, it was mostly a lustful passion and not chemistry...at least on the part of Nate. He seemed only interested in sex and not a deeper, meaningful relationship with Sophie. His character was definitely shallow. Sophie was a sweetheart of a character if a bit naive for a 21-year-old young lady. But she was also daring as well, which was a nice change from some of the usual naive chits in these types of books. The emotions in this book weren't quite as expected. The angst and drama were just a tad underwhelming and the passion a little too contrived. The author never truly explained how Nate went from feeling only lust for Sophie to realizing he was in love with her instead. It all happened a little too quickly to have any ring of truth. Long, drawn-out, and filled with just enough fluff to make it a bit on the boring side, it ended up being an okay book. Nothing to brag about, and not memorable. It definitely did not merit a five-star rating, though it did have a HEA.