The Devil Is a Marquess

Elisa Braden

Apr 2016 · Rescued from Ruin Book 4 · Elisa Braden

About this ebook

When a rake beyond redemption…
A walking scandal surviving on little more than wits, whisky, and wicked skills in the bedchamber, Benedict Chatham, the new Marquess of Rutherford, is at the end of his rope. Deeply in debt and down to his last farthing, he must marry nothing short of an absolute fortune, or risk utter ruin.

Must marry for money…
Enter Miss Charlotte Lancaster, unfashionably tall heiress to just such a fortune and a clumsy, redheaded disaster in her five London seasons. While she dreams of leaving England for a life of trade in America, her father schemes to trade her dowry for a title—and Marchioness of Rutherford will do nicely. Charlotte wants her independence, not a husband, and certainly not a disreputable devil who renders her weak and wobbly with a single scorching glance. But she’s a practical sort, and a year with the devil might buy her freedom … provided she can resist his seductive charms. That shouldn’t prove a problem, for he could not possibly want someone like her, and the feeling is mutual. Really. It is.

Love grows in the most unexpected places…
When her father demands a startling price for his daughter’s hand—one year of fidelity and sobriety—Chatham must change his libertine ways … at least temporarily. And when he does, Charlotte begins to see him in a new light—not as the scandalous charmer she married, but as the husband she just might adore.

Ratings and reviews

Like Benedict Chatham, many have had to learn to live with hyperactivity disorder. During Chatham's lifetime however, nothing was known about it. It's refreshing to find a main character with what society considers a flaw overcome it. As with the previous three of this series, I loved it. This is a reread for me and I am sure I'll do so again.

The best of the three I have read in the series so far. Chatham was a hopeless drunk & not hero material. So it was interesting to see his full character revealed in this book. Witty & sometimes funny dialogue between the couple as well as new found neighbours and staff makes this book hard to put down. Steamy romance with a HEA that both character absolutely deserved!

I like this story because they are not the ordinary hero and heroine but two human beings who are imperfect and real who fall in love and build their lives the way they choose and not the way society expects.

About the author

Reading romance novels came easily to Elisa Braden. Writing them? That took a little longer. After graduating with degrees in creative writing and history, Elisa spent entirely too many years in “real” jobs writing T-shirt copy ... and other people’s resumes ... and articles about giftware displays. But that was before she woke up and started dreaming about the very unreal job of being a romance novelist. Better late than never.

Elisa lives in the Pacific Northwest, where you're constitutionally required to like the colors green and gray. Good thing she does. Other items on the "like" list include cute dogs, strong coffee, and epic movies. Of course, her favorite thing of all is hearing from readers who love her characters as much as she does.

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