Someone To Love: Avery's Story

Mary Balogh

Nov 2016 · A Westcott Novel Book 1 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh presents the first historical romance in the Westcott series, where the death of an earl reveals a most scandalous secret.

Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family—including the daughter no one knew he had...

Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl’s guardian is interested in Anna…
 
Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and her newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm Anna, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well and for so long.

Ratings and reviews

Her writing style is great. Not terribly when it came to room descriptions and actions happening in a like some books are although at times I had to skip ahead. But the story was simply boring. I really wanted to like this book, the characters are intriguing, but it did not keep my interest

Not like your ordinary regency romance. This features a different kind of hero and a heroine equal to him.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Actually want to read the next Balogh book

About the author

Mary Balogh has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, more than thirty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, the seven-part Survivors' Club series, and the Westcott series.