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Once upon a wedding night
373 pages
A fiery battle of wills over an English estate transforms into an irresistible, reluctant romance.
What it feels like
This historical romance delivers a brisk, tension-filled experience built on the classic friction of enemies forced into close proximity. The mood is steeped in aristocratic drama, balancing the high stakes of financial ruin with the swoony, crackling energy of mutual suspicion turning into undeniable desire. The prose focuses heavily on the internal tug-of-war of its protagonists, capturing both the heroine's desperate resourcefulness and the hero's reluctant, possessive surrender. It is a story of fiery clashes, desperate schemes, and the intoxicating pull of a forbidden attraction. Readers who delight in passionate battles of wits, arrogant heirs who fall hard, and heroines fighting for their family's survival will devour this captivating tale of deception and devotion.
- Mood
- swoony
- tension-filled
- aristocratic
- Tone
- romantic
- playful
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- enemies to lovers · family duty · deception and desire · inheritance disputes
- The writing
- Engaging and emotionally charged, focusing on the crackling tension and internal conflict between two stubborn protagonists.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate hostility and mutual suspicion to reluctant attraction and fierce devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love historical romances featuring fiery heroines, arrogant but secretly smitten heirs, and high-stakes battles of wits.
Content notes
- financial desperation
- parental illness
About the book
An Innocent Deception
Lady Meredith Brookshire has every right to Oak Run. Now that she's suddenly husbandless and penniless, where else would she, her addled father, and spinster aunt reside? Yet who should appear but Nicholas Caulfield, the new Brookshire heir, claiming the estate is rightfully his by law. The brute is as arrogant as he is handsome—besides, he's supposed to be dead. And the only plan resourceful Meredith can devise to save her family from homelessness is a desperate scheme that may lead her to salvation or ruin...and the bed of the man she has vowed to hate.
A reluctant aristocrat, Nick does not trust this fiery, infuriating chit whom he suspects of subterfuge—yet who bewitches him with her innocent green eyes. The sooner he can get this tempting beauty married off to some stodgy old blueblood—and off his hands for good—the better. There is one slight problem, however:
Nick can't bear the thought of her wedding any man but him.
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