Willful in Winter by Scarlett Scott
Rand, Viscount Aylesford, needs a fiancée, and he needs one now. His requirements are concise: she must not embarrass him, and she must understand he has no intention of ever marrying her.
Miss Grace Winter is the most stubborn of the notorious Wicked Winters. When her brother decrees she must marry well, she is every bit as determined to avoid becoming a nobleman’s wife. She would never marry a lord, especially not one as arrogant and insufferable as Aylesford.
But pretending is another matter entirely. She has to admit the viscount’s idea of a feigned betrothal between them would not be without its merits. Until Aylesford kisses her, and to her dismay, she likes it.
Soon, their mutually beneficial pretense blossoms into something far more dangerous to both their hearts…
- File Name:willful-in-winter-by-scarlett-scott.epub
- Original Title:Willful in Winter (The Wicked Winters Book 4)
- Creator:Scarlett Scott
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B07XYLCVDX
- Publisher:Happily Ever After Books, LLC
- Date:2019-12-18T16:00:00+00:00
- Subject:Fiction,romance,Historical
- File Size:201.070 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. About the Book
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Table of Contents
- 5. Chapter One
- 6. Chapter Two
- 7. Chapter Three
- 8. Chapter Four
- 9. Chapter Five
- 10. Chapter Six
- 11. Chapter Seven
- 12. Chapter Eight
- 13. Chapter Nine
- 14. Chapter Ten
- 15. Chapter Eleven
- 16. Epilogue
- 17. Author’s Note
- 18. Excerpt from Wagered in Winter
- 19. Don’t miss Scarlett’s other romances!
- 20. About the Author
- 21. Copyright Page
Spoiler Alert Don't read if you don't want it to spoil your reading. This review might be considered a spoiler. Book 4 of the Wicked Winters series opened with a very arrogant, horribly vain Hero and a very haughty, opinionated Heroine. Not the best opening for a romance novel. I would have enjoyed a few pages, paragraphs or chapters to at least show something good before showing the truth behind the characters' nature. However, a question I have is this...if the Hero's grandmother is a Dowager Duchess, that would make his father (apparently still living) a Duke, right (and the Hero states this to be a fact)? (NOT the questions I have). If his DAD is a Duke....shouldn't the Hero be a Marquess instead of a Viscount since he IS the heir to a dukedom? If I know the ranks correctly (and after reading as many historical books as I have, as well as researching the British nobility, I'm sure I do), the ranks go: Duke, Marquess, Earl, THEN Viscount, Baron, Baronet, etc. So...why is the author portraying the Hero as a Viscount if his DAD is a Duke? As I got a little further in the book, my disgruntled thoughts about it did not change. Likeable though the Hero might have started out in other books in the series, he quickly became an irritant in the book before this one, and is now becoming more detestable, using the "forbidden book" to force the Heroine to do what he wanted. I shouldn't be surprised by the Hero's attitude in this book as he proved himself to be such a bstrd in the previous book. I don't agree with blackmailing someone to do what you want. It is one of the most ill-used tools many authors use in their books that I utterly detest. I think this is one book that I am very glad only has 11 chapters, for I don't believe I could countenance reading a longer version. The fact that the Heroine chose to lie to most of her family over the fake engagement was not an easy read. Lies, blackmail, subterfuge, promises made but that were knowingly going to eventually and deliberately be broken (even revenge on an innocent person, although that's not part of this book), does not a good romance make. The Hero continuously, and quite deliberately, put the Heroine in compromising situations and it irked. All the while knowing he wasn't going to marry her, he didn't seem to care whether or not she could at any moment be ruined. Just because he had a bad experience once should never be a good enough reason to hurt someone else in the process. I loved how the Heroine's sisters stood up for her against the Hero, how they all rallied around her and protected her. I also got a kick out of what they did to the Hero. For a book that started off, and continued, in such a way as to be almost offensive, it turned out...satisfactorily. Not what I would designate as "Keeper for the Shelves" worthy, but decent...barely.
I agree with your review on the whole..I detested the hero too! However regarding titles and such, a duke's son can be an Earl or Viscount until his father dies..These are courtesy titles bestowed on them, and it is not inaccurate.