Julia Quinn

Charles Wycombe, the dashing - if incorrigible - Earl of Billington, needs a bride before his upcoming 30th birthday, if he hopes to earn his inheritance. The vicar′s vivacious, determined daughter, Miss Eleanor Lyndon, needs a new home, since her father′s insufferable fiancee is making her old one intolerable. Destinly has brought Charles and Ellie together - though their match at the outset appears to have been made somewhere rather hotter than heaven

Brighter Than the Sun

The second book in an irresistible duet by the globally bestselling author of the Bridgerton series. If you loved Bridgerton, you'll adore the Lyndon Sisters . . . Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell - quite literally - into her life. When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed. Ellie never dreamed she'd marry a stranger, especially one with such a devastating combination of rakish charm and debonair wit. She tries to keep him at arm's length, at least until she discovers the man beneath the handsome surface. But Charles can be quite persuasive - even tender - when he puts his mind to it, and Ellie finds herself slipping under his seductive spell. And as one kiss leads to another, this unlikely pair discovers that their marriage is not so inconvenient after all...and just might lead to love. 'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love . . . and gives them a thoroughly modern twist. I can't focus on anything else' Stylist

Number 2 in Series

Arabella Mai Wallis

** spoiler alert **
           In this book we follow a marriage of convenience - for both parties - between Charles (Earl who needs to wed before his 30th in order to get his money and inheritance) and Eleanor (Victoria’s sister who is on the verge of killing her future stepmother and wants to be in charge of her own life, and finances, without having to run it all through her father) and the pair begin on their journey of an extremely unfortunate beginning to their relationship as everything that Ellie does is sabotaged by someone who is later revealed to be Claire (Charles’ 14 year old cousin who wanted him to wait and marry her - strange but Ellie helps her to come to her senses) and the turmoil that they go through in the duration of this book was so back and forth but I loved it. Sue me. As the book continues and Charles and Ellie grow closer, it is then revealed that the most recent sabotages were actually attempts on Charles’ life committed by his cousin Cecil who wanted to inherit the money for himself and decided that killing all the heirs (and Ellie by association) would grant him that chance, although Charles revealed that should he die all his money would go to Ellie. Ellie recognises the truth of Charles’ abduction and goes there herself where after a lot of tension, she shoots and kills Cecil so that they can finally live in a semblance of peace as a family and eventually we also see them begin to start their own. 

From the get go I knew that I preferred this book to Everything and the Moon as the characters were just so much more likeable and the storyline was also a lot stronger in my opinion and I loved the marriage of convenience becoming one of love and adoration very quickly on both sides despite their attempts to suppress it. I also liked the small details they picked up off each other such as Ellie picking up on Charles’ habit to create seemingly pointless lists about everything as I just found it adorable. Another thing I loved was the way Ellie made the best of all situations, doing her best to make things positive for everyone even after the burning fiasco caused by Claire and you can just tell she would make an incredible mother based on her reactions with Claire and Judith alone. Adorable. One thing I did not like as much though was the ending of the book with Cecil as it was very sudden and seemingly out of place within the rest of the novel but other than that I did have fun reading this book and loved the cheeky nature of Charles combined with the headstrong one of Ellie and I just think that they make a good pair anyway.

Sophie

lani

When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed, even though their match appears to have been made somewhere hotter than heaven ... Ellie never dreamed she'd marry a stranger, especially one with such a devastating combination of rakish charm and debonair wit. She tries to keep him at arm's length, at least until she discovers the man beneath the handsome surface. But Charles can be quite persuasive -- even tender -- when he puts his mind to it, and Ellie finds herself slipping under his seductive spell. And as one kiss leads to another, this unlikely pair discovers that their marriage is not so inconvenient after all ... and just might lead to love.

Brighter Than the Sun

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