Can Captain Wyvern keep his new marriage of convenience all business–or will it turn into something more?
Captain Charles Wyvern owes a great debt to the man who saved his life–especially since Major Richardson lost his own life in the process. The best way to honor that hero’s dying wish is for Wyvern to escort the man’s grieving fiance and mother safely to a new cottage home by the sea. But along the way, he learns of another obligation that has fallen on his shoulders: his uncle has died and the captain is now the Earl of Rothwell.
When he and the ladies arrive at his new manor house in Devon, they discover an estate in need of a leader and a gaggle of girls, all wards of the former earl. War the new earl knows; young ladies and properties he does not. Still wishing to provide for the bereaved Lady Sophia Haverly, Charles proposes a marriage of convenience.
Sophie is surprised to find she isn’t opposed to the idea. It will help her care for her betrothed’s elderly mother, and she’s already fallen in love with the wayward girls on the Rothwell estate. This alliance is a chance to repay the captain who has done so much for her care, as well as divert her attention from her grief. When Wyvern returns to his sea commission, she’ll stay behind to oversee his property and wards.
It sounds so simple. Until the stalwart captain is arrested on suspicion of smuggling, and Sophie realizes how much he’s come to mean to her. Now she’ll have to learn to fight, not only for his freedom but also for his love.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Indebted Earl
Book Author: Erica Vetsch
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4.5 stars
"His eyes locked with hers, and she felt an odd sensation. Though she was sure they had never met, there was something familiar about him."
Nothing felt familiar about her life anymore. Lady Sophia Haverly's beloved was a "casualty" of war; her dreams buried with him on foreign shores, her home . . . . where was home . . . with her sweet, mentally declining Mamie; the woman she still considered as her mother-in-law, or must she be forced to endure the constant machinations of her well-meaning, overbearing mother, or . . . . . . had a rather crusty, socially awkward, but stalwart sea captain-turned-earl just opened door number three. A trip to the coast sounded like a breath of fresh air. Literally.
Captain Charles Wyvern's burdens had just become heavier to bear. Meeting Major Richardson's dearest "Sophie" was a stern dose of reality. The "if only" banners kept running through his mind until he found himself offering to escort the lovely Lady Haverly, accompanied by the deceased major's Mamie, towards the coast . . . the sea, a constant siren, it was where he belonged, where he would return, it was home. Ironically, nothing could be further from the truth. Upon learning of his change in fortune, three additional female bundles of energy were deposited on the doorstep of Charles' vast Rothwell estate. Five women. No sailors. It was a conundrum for sure.
Prepare to read a story bulging to the seams with a dizzying array of emotions; sorrow, angst, anxiety . . . . humor, love, and eventually, joy. The tender spark of attraction between a titled lady and her captain is fanned slowly, surprisingly, and tenderly, until the blaze is too warm to ignore, and who would even desire that kind of heat to be dampened? Don't even try to ignore the Pembroke trio, for they are most proficient in stealing the show while managing to transform a crotchety captain into a loving father. It turns out that the earl's greatest debts become his greatest treasures.
"Home is where your family is, and as long as I am with you and the girls, Sophie, I can be happy anywhere.