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title: "The Earl's Inconvenient Wife (Marriage by Scandal) Paperback – July 19, 2012"
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# The Earl's Inconvenient Wife (Marriage by Scandal) Paperback – July 19, 2012

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## Customer Reviews

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    Good book
  

*by C***  on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2013*

This is an author that I am reading for the first time and this is the first book of her Regency collection.  I liked the characters,the storyline and plot development,but I found that the details of their daily lives were a bit lacking. It seemed as if the countess sat around alone all day, when most Regency books refer to very busy lives in the social scenes of London and involvement in the neighborhoods and with tenants in the country. Also,while the Earl was involved with the business of the earldom, the new countess was not involved in any way with the household management, the servants or the house ledgers. I found it distracting.Miss Claire Lowell is having her first London season and not feeling very good about it.  While she is pretty enough and well dowered,she is uncomfortable in large crowds,not particularly talented at dancing and shy with new people.  She slips out of her first big ball for a breath of fresh air and to ward off either a faint or a panic attack. While she's on the terrace, the reluctantly wife seeking Earl of Roderick inquires after her health and informs her that she shouldn't be out on the terrace because people will think she's up to no good. Since she's feeling so shaky, when she tries to go in, she trips and falls onto the lawn in a near faint. As Lord Roderick tries to help her up,she and he get caught by her family and some guests in a "comprising" position. Since it looks as if they've been rolling around passionately on the ground, he dutifully offers marriage and her father insists that they marry, no matter how many times Claire tries to explain or decline.Lord Roderick is resentful of what he sees as a plot to entrap him and sees Claire as manipulative and calculating. He is angry at being forced to marry someone not of his choosing and resolves to treat her only with bare bones civility. Claire is terrified to marry a furious stranger and angry that he won't believe she wasn't part of any kind of plot against him. After lots of misunderstandings and an escape attempt by Claire, Nathan (Lord Roderick) finally begins to talk to his wife. They become friends and lovers,eventually falling in love with each other.Heat factor moderate.

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    Great characters but to Long
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2022*

Nathaniel Buford, Earl of Roderick, got his title once his older brother pasted in a freak accident.Now bound by duty he is required to have a wife & produce an heir.Funny, that he goes to one of the season's balls to meet his future wife to then be caught up in an accidently scandal when he tries to help a your lady at the veranda. Nathaniel was trying to be a gentleman & inform the young lady she shouldn't be outside alone for the sake of her reputation. Unfortunately she passes out & fall off the veranda with her dress above her knees & that compromising situation has now gotten the Earl of Roderick into hot water. He know has a wife by the end of the week.Miss Claire Lowell new she would have to get married. However, she wanted it on her own terms. Someone she admired, respected & possibly fell in love with. Not out of obligation due to scandal that didn't exist. Nor that her parents used the accidently falling as a way to trap an Earl.From the moment the incident occurred they started bickering. Neither wanting to listen or believe that Lady Claire didn't plan on this unholy wedding. Can these two put the assumptions aside & try to get along to have a prosperous life & maybe fall in love?The story premise was nice but the story of then antagonizing each other was way to LONG!!Claire was to childish& Lord  Roderick to righteous for his own good. But once the two finally got a chance to talk to one another. Then the sparks flew. I would have like more of them when they finally started to compromise. Plus maybe another romantic love scene.Thank goodness that we didn't have any drama with that nasty Earl who was swindling people with their loans.  I also didn't like Lily, & her relationship with Claire. Claire was able to be defensive & wanting her way. Why couldn't she stop Lily from spending her husband's money. Seriously! I did enjoy Perry - Nathaniel's long time friend. I did agree with Claire that they both need each other. Plus Mr. Robinson having to understand what the real world is like.

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    AT LEAST BE FRIENDS
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2022*

Nathaniel Buford, Earl of Roderick, has decided he wants a wife. In his thinking the best way to pick one is to talk to a lady's father first to see if he enjoys his conversation. After all he doesn't have to converse with his wife to get an heir. Claire Lowell isn't that interested in a husband. Unfortunately a sequence of circumstances with a breath of fresh air turns into a scandal. Claire finds herself married to Nate, who does not even know her name. Nate thinks his new countess is a money grabbing wife. Claire is just as angry being married to him and wants to live in London. She resents being stashed away in the country from her family. All they seem to do is fight, until Claire's antics break the ice. Funny, but frustrating with Claire's immaturity and Nate's rigid stance.

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