Tuesday 27 April 2021

Publication Day Review: How To Train Your Earl by Amelia Grey

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR EARL 

by

Amelia Grey

(St. Martin’s Paperbacks, April 27, 2021, $7.99).


How To Train Your Earl is a Regency Romance.

Widow, Brina Feld unties a mystery man at a masquerade ball in Paris. He kisses her before disappearing. Back in London, she meets the man again and he wants to marry her. Only, she doesn't want another husband therefore when the scoundrel places a wager with his intent to marry her, she sets him impossible tasks, sure he will fail. However, she underestimates his determination...

When Zane Browning, Earl of Blacknight sees a woman walking along the street in London, he instantly recognises her as the one who untied him in Paris… someone who has occupied his mind ever since. So, he places a wager and announces his plan to propose marriage by the end of the season. However, Mrs Feld adds conditions to his attempt to court her...as a betting man, he embraces the challenge and encounters unexpected hurdles.

This is the first time I've read a novel by Amelia Grey and enjoyed this light-hearted romance. Both the protagonists are fun characters and I enjoyed the entertaining antics during their courtship. The narrative kept my attention all the time when Brina and Zane were the focus, but some of the side plots were a bit dry sometimes. Also, the hero's name didn't fit the setting of the novel; too contemporary. Additionally, gorge would have been a better word to use than canyon when describing English countryside.

Overall, I'd recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys historical romances set in the late Regency period and meanwhile, I'm going to catch up with Brina's friends in their novels.

***arc generously received courtesy of St Martin's Press via NetGalley***


From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Amelia Grey, comes the third book and final book in the First Comes Love series, A roguish earl must fight using his honor and not his sword to win his lady’s hand in this sexy regency romance.

Brina Feld has settled into a life devoted to helping others since the sinking of the Salty Dove left her widowed. She has no need for a man in her contented life. But when the notorious and handsome Lord Blacknight returns and awakens her desires, her peace and serenity vanish. If she agrees to an alliance with him, she knows she will have to battle her heart to keep from being snared under his spell.

Zane, the Earl of Blacknight, was never supposed to inherit the earldom, so he didn’t much care to lead a respectable life before then. Fistfights, card games, and drinking are the order of the day. Now he’s determined to change his rakish ways and he knows the proper lady who can help him. There’s just one problem: He's already bet he’ll win her hand before the Season is over. With her resolve to out-scheme him, how can he show her that his love is true?



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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author AMELIA GREY read her first romance book when she was thirteen and she’s been a devoted reader of love stories ever since. Her awards include the Booksellers Best, Aspen Gold, and the Golden Quill. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she won the coveted Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter and the prestigious Maggie Award. Her books have sold to many countries in Europe, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia, and most recently to Japan. Several of her books have also been featured in Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs. Amelia is the author of over twenty-five books. She’s been happily married to her high school sweetheart for over thirty-five years and she lives on the beautiful gulf coast of Northwest Florida.