ARC Review: The Convenient Engagement (The De Petras Saga #5) by Emily E.K. Murdoch
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Series: The De Petras Saga #5
Author: Emily E.K. Murdoch
Published October 13th 2022 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Goodreads Synopsis
Sapphire de Petras will be taken seriously. All she needs to do is fake a convenient engagement.
After all, it was ridiculous. Yes, she was the youngest of the de Petras family, but that didn’t mean she needed to be treated like a complete child. And they won’t, Sapphire is sure, if she can provide her family with the spectacle of an engagement. How convenient that her best friend is an earl, and unable to say no.
‘No’ isn’t a word James, Earl of Maltravers, has ever said to Sapphire. But then, neither is ‘love’ or ‘marriage’: two words he’s longed to say for years and has never managed.
So when the beautiful woman who makes his heart skip a beat bounces up to him and demands that he propose, what is Maltravers supposed to do?
If only either of them thought about how to extricate themselves from this ruse…
The engagement may be convenient but the emotions flying are very real, and before long Sapphire is faced with complicated questions about love, friendship, family…and just what she will risk to have it all.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
As the youngest de Petras, Sapphy has seen her siblings find love and happiness, while always being treated like a baby. She's sick of always needing a babysitter, of never being taken as an adult, with opinions and feelings. So she decides to fake an engagement with her oldest friend, James Gresley, Earl of Maltravers, and prove to her family that they need to treat her as a person. However, Sapphy doesn't know that James has been in love with her for as long as he can remember, and though he knows this is a bad idea, he has never been able to say no to her. What started out as a convenience, soon seems to prove tricky, as Sapphy realises that the more time she 'pretends' to be James' fiancee, the more she wants it to be real.
This was definitely the best book of the series so far. Sapphy has always been a character I've been interested in, from the moment she was more and it was revealed she was missing her right hand, to the scenes in her siblings book where it's clear that she and James have a chemistry which needed to be explored. I adored the fact that it was James who had the feelings first, and that he was utterly head over heels for Sapphy, when the realisation came to her a lot later. A great romance between the pair, and it was nice to see the de Petras siblings now with children and all happy.
Dates Read:
October 7-8, 2022
Rating
3 Stars
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