By Lorraine Heath
The Chessman: Masters of Seduction Book 3
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Blurb
American Leonora Garrison has come to England in desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat but instead finds surprising pleasure when she visits an exclusive ladies’ club and dares to kiss a stranger, who leaves her yearning for more.
With a libertine for a father, Viscount Wyeth, more commonly known as Rook, vowed to live his life above reproach, with nary a hint of disgrace. Until one night, he takes a mysterious beauty into his arms, a lady who tempts him to cast his sterling reputation aside in favor of more wicked pursuits.
When fate reunites the couple, they are torn between desire and duty. Leonora may want the viscount, but she needs a stakeholder not a lover. When caught in a compromising situation that places everything they hold dear at risk, they must determine how best to win. However, in this scandalous game, nothing except love takes all.
Genre: Historical Romance
Read if you Like:
♟️ Inventor heroine
♟️ Sexual experimentation
♟️ They cause a scandal
♟️ Virgin hero
My Thoughts:
In Want of a Viscount continues the chessman series theme of no one has daddy issues like heroes in a historical romance. However, the backdrop of the Gilded Age and an American heroine looking for investors for her company gives the trope a fun new twist.
I really loved Leonora as a heroine. She was so smart and industrious while also being compassionate and caring. Rook was also incredibly compassionate and carried a lot of guilt for things that weren't his fault. I loved that they each appreciated the other's good qualities so much and I loved seeing them through each other's eyes.
This is one where I would recommend reading some of Lorraine Heath's earlier works first. Ideally, you would have read the Chessman series, the Once Upon a Dukedom series, and the Sins for All Seasons series but The Duchess in His Bed is the most important (Sins for All Seasons Book 4). You could read this one as a standalone but you will likely be confused by some parts.
🌶️🌶️🌶️- This story doesn't have a lot of fully detailed steamy scenes but the sexual tension and anticipation is well written and a large part of the story. From simply on-page scenes this would be two peppers but given that sexual experimentation is a big part of their early relationship, it becomes a larger part of the plot.
Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for providing me with an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
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