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Review: An Heiress for All Seasons (The Debutante Files #1.5) by Sophie Jordan
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Series: The Debutante Files #1.5
Author: Sophie Jordan
Published November 4th 2014 by Avon Impulse
Goodreads Synopsis
When a holiday blizzard brings together a pair of reluctant lovers, the result threatens their reputations … and may cost them their hearts.
Feisty and independent American heiress Violet Howard swears she'll never wed a crusty British aristocrat. Will, the Earl of Merlton, is determined to salvage his family's fortune without succumbing to a marriage of convenience.
But when a snowstorm leaves Violet and Will stranded and alone, their sudden chemistry will challenge good intentions. Seized by a desire that burns through the night, they'll toss reservations aside in favor of the heat found in each other's arms.
Will their passion survive the storm? Will they realize they've found a love to last them through all seasons?
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Review
Immediately after finishing book one in this series, A Good Debutante's Guide to Ruin, I had to start this instalment. Now we are following Declan's cousin, Will, the Earl of Merlton, whose monetary problems are becoming so extreme following his father's death and gambling debts, that he needs to find a heiress, and fast. So, over the Christmas period, his mother plans a party, and invites newly arrived rich Americans, Violet Howard and her mother. Violet has no intention to marry an English noble, instead having her eye on her father's man of affairs back home, but's her mother's biggest wish for her to marry into the nobility and have a title. When Violet and Will meet, the sparks fly, and Will has finally found someone who intrigues him, and makes him willing to give up being a bachelor and settle down. The only problem is convincing Violet of the idea, and that he's not just spending time with her because of her dowry.
Being a novella, this was a very quick read, but as enjoyable as the first book. Will and Violet have a chemistry that both want to deny at first, for different reasons, but no matter what, they are just too intrigued by one another to stay away. Violet is adamant she is in love with someone at home, and is so fiercely independent that the idea of being bought for her dowry is abhorrent. Will is somewhat the same, in that he doesn't want to give up his freedom to marry just yet, but knows that he must soon enough for the sake of his family, and Violet is the one and only person he has met that doesn't bore him and make him want to flee. The climax of the story when both characters are stranded together and give into their feelings was fantastic, and completely swoony. Violet and Will were definitely made for each other, and I can't wait to see more from them in the next book!
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4 Stars
