ARC Review: You've Got an Earl (Determined Debutantes #2) by Bianca Blythe
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Series: Determined Debutantes #2
Author: Bianca Blythe
Published January 7th 2022 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Goodreads Synopsis
An earl mistakes a debutante for the woman hired to play his faux secret beloved.
Percival, the Earl of Plymouth, is in trouble. Terrible trouble. His aunt is eager for him to marry. Since Percival has no desire to be thrust onto the marriage mart, he may have told her he has a secret beloved. Fortunately, Percival’s best friend Sebastian volunteers to find Percival someone inappropriate with whom to pretend to have an amorous relationship. After all, Percival’s aunt won’t desire a scandalous future countess.
Sabrina Holt has adored Percival ever since she first laid eyes on him. When she wanders into Percival’s library during a ball, and he begins to kiss her, she knows he’s felt the same way as she has for all these years.
Percival is pleasantly surprised at his friend’s pick. The woman in the library’s lips feel perfect, and his aunt is appropriately shocked to discover them.
Unfortunately, Sabrina is not the woman his friend hired for him to be caught with. If only Sabrina weren’t the wrong faux beloved, and if only Percival weren’t tempted to give her his heart.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
As Earl of Plymouth, Percival is expected to marry well, and beget an heir. He's not ready to give up his freedom just yet, but his aunt is on at him to marry, so Percival hatches a plan. He will find someone wholly inappropriate to play at being his beloved, and have his aunt catch them together. But when Miss Sabrina Holt wanders into the library at the wrong moment, and he believes she is the one sent to be his 'fiancee', she soon finds herself in that position. Percival's aunt is the best pleased by Miss Holt, but at least she's from a noble family, though one tainted by scandal. Soon they have to keep the facade up, and it's hard for them to see the fact from fiction.
I liked this book, but not quite as much as the first one. I feel like there wasn't as much happening, but it was still a quick and enjoyable read. Sabrina had had feelings for Percival since their first meeting, but he had been completely blind to it all until their fated meeting in the library. They were a nice enough couple, but like I said, not enough really happened for me to see them well. Still, an enjoyable book, and I reckon the final one, about Leonora and Sebastian, will be worth it!
Dates Read:
January 8, 2022
Rating
3 Stars
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