Review Post: The Trouble with Love by Heather Boyd
The Trouble with Love
Distinguished Rogues Book Eight
Passion collides with promises given in The Trouble with Love, the eighth Distinguished Rogues novel coming November 7, 2017.
A humorous and hot regency romance.
Length: Full-length novel
Heat level: Hot regency historical romance
Rating/Review: ☕☕☕☕ (4 cups) for this witty and definitely unconventional love story, between a free-spirited heiress and a straightlaced lord!
The Trouble with Love can be considered enemies to friends to lovers romance but then again there is the scandalous first meeting between our main characters that don't really fit that trope somewhat. Both Whitney and Everett have moved in the same circles for years but their first meeting and subsequent events involving their friends have put a stop into them developing into something more. Not to mention Everett's engagement to another woman. But fate seems to have other ideas and as they both realize that falling in love seems to come easy, living with different goals is a more difficult obstacle to remove.
The Trouble with Love is the eight book in the Distinguished Rogues series and although it can be read as a standalone I think it is best that at least the books where our main characters were first introduced should at be read first to get a better grasp of where Whitney and Everett is in the general scheme of things. Still, this book is one that really holds a readers attention! Whitney is definitely a very unusual Regency heroine considering she seems to court adventure wherever she goes. A very talented artist, she also has that free spirit that goes along with it. She is independent although not really against love but just in the institution of marriage with the whole being tied to a someone and not being able to pursue her dream. She bucks the existing system so well! Everett is also not the hero material we were expecting, for reasons that he was a sort of villain in the previous book. But he definitely gets to redeem himself in this one. Of course when this two fall in love, its the slow building type of romance with a sexual chemistry just waiting to boil over. The Trouble with Love is a great addition to this series and sees one more distinguished rogue find his own HEA.
Keeping a promise has never been harder!
Whitney Crewe has a dream for her life, and it does not include a properly boring marriage or remaining in England. Passionate by nature, she’s headed for an adventure abroad but has been temporarily lured into the countryside to paint an important family portrait. Unfortunately, a friend is set to marry the family’s nearest neighbour, Lord Acton, and he is someone Whitney has seen far too much of…with and without his breeches on. Their past must remain a mere memory, but ignoring him proves impossible when she understands the decisions he’s made to protect those he loves.
Lord Acton is keeping secrets from his friends, and particularly from his innocent bride-to-be. The first was losing his head over an intoxicating, veiled seductress one gloriously reckless evening. A man of his word, he has no choice but to keep his promise to wed, even after he discovers his seductress was his bride’s friend, eccentric heiress and artist, Whitney Crewe. The second secret, Whitney stumbles upon all on her own, but her anger swiftly becomes an offer of friendship and much-needed compassion. They have absolutely nothing in common, so why oh why would he risk his future getting to know Whitney when she’s opposed to everything he desires?
Book Status: Pre-orderable/ On Sale November 7, 2017
Read an Excerpt:
“I’m sorry, but I told you—and Martin—many times that I do not need or want a companion following me about anymore.”
“It is expected, Whitney. You’re not married yet. You must think of your reputation.”
“I’m five and twenty, Miranda.”
“And look as young as anyone fresh on the marriage mart.” Miranda sighed deeply. “But it is done now, and I trust you compensated the poor woman for the trouble of being dismissed after a mere two full days’ employment.”
“I did indeed. She has a glowing reference and fifty pounds, and that should ensure Mrs. Fry never has to work for an obstinate, headstrong spinster like me for a while,” she said soothingly, experiencing a twinge of guilt that she made the marchioness worry over her. Miranda wasn’t always in good health, so Whitney led the marchioness up the long flight of stairs by taking her elbow. It was Miranda’s heart, of course, the organ most likely to give a lady trouble. Tonight, the marchioness did seem to lean on her arm, so Whitney held her up a little more firmly. “How are things with you?”
“Very well. The dowager moved out to the dower house as if the devil chased her upon my arrival. She expects our son to visit her daily but other than that, we are quite civil. Of course, she dotes on Christopher, so she tolerates me for his sake.”
Whitney winced. Miranda and her husband hadn’t had the best start to married life, and the dowager, the most fearsome woman she’d ever encountered, was said to have favored another woman for many years. It had been a messy situation all round. Love did that. “Perhaps I’ll ask Christopher to escort me to the dower house when I go to pay my respects tomorrow morning.” Only for the sake of peace for Miranda, of course. “I suppose everyone else has gone off to bed by now.”
“Heavens no. The dowager is here, and the entire household remains awake and waiting on your arrival. Lord Acton and his guests have joined us, too.”
“What is Acton doing here?” Whitney groaned. “Last I heard, he was in London.”
Not that Whitney was keeping track of the scoundrel.
HEATHER BOYDRegency can never be too hot!
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