Lindsey Gray
Written on Jul 26, 2016
A young Earl still paying for the sins of his father. A spirited American Miss granting her father’s dying wish. Georgia and Will have nothing in common on paper, but Rebecca Thomas takes the most unlikely couple and makes them a perfect fit.
Will was a bit too stuffy at first, but I completely understood why. He was desperate to be accepted by society after all the dishonor his late father brought to the family name. Will was elevated tremendously by the match between his sister, Arabella, and his friend, Oliver Westwyck, the Earl of Marsdale. Even with Oliver’s help, Will feels he needs to present himself perfectly to the ton.
Enter Oliver’s hellion of a cousin, Georgia. Georgia is a genius when it comes to horseflesh and a better rider than most jockeys on the track. The catch to her father’s will is the marriage part. She only wants to marry an old, titled Englishman who will die soon to be able to control her own inheritance from her father and build her own racing stable.
Oliver needs Will to help launch Georgia on society since he won’t leave Arabella in the end of her difficult pregnancy. Will agrees to tutor Georgia on English customs in exchange for a race horse from Oliver’s stable. I enjoyed immensely the bickering between our fated couple from the onset. Their words sprung forth with wit and determination while their minds and bodies became overwhelmed with lust. I believed Thomas would have Will breaking his calm exterior at many times throughout the novel and ravish Georgia, but I was delightfully surprised by how it actually happened. Sparks flew, words became actions, and the never-meant-to-be became inevitable.
Though there were more than a few bumps on the journey to the happily ever after, I was thrilled with the ride! I can’t wait to read more from Rebecca Thomas and will put Oliver and Arabella’s story, The Earl’s Christmas Colt, at the top of my reading list.