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Writer's pictureMia Evans

The Stranger I Wed Review

By Harper St. George

The Doves of New York Book 1

Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️

 


Blurb

 New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . .


Cora Dove and her sisters’ questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York’s gossipmongers and a continual stain on their father’s reputation. So when the girls each receive a generous, guilt-induced dowry from their dying grandmother, the sly Mr. Hathaway vows to release their funds only if Cora and her sisters can procure suitable husbands—far from New York. For Cora, England is a fresh start. She has no delusions of love, but a husband who will respect her independence? That’s an earl worth fighting for.


Enter: Leopold Brendon, Earl of Devonworth, a no-nonsense member of Parliament whose plan to pass a Public Health bill that would provide clean water to the working class requires the backing of a wealthy wife. He just never expected to crave Cora’s touch or yearn to hear her thoughts on his campaign—or to discover that his seemingly perfect bride protects so many secrets...


But secrets have a way of bubbling to the surface, and Devonworth has a few of his own. With their pasts laid bare and Cora’s budding passion for women’s rights taking a dangerous turn, they’ll learn the true cost of losing their heart to a stranger—and that love is worth any price.


Genre: Historical Romance

 

Read if you Like:

✒️ Slowburn

✒️ Marriage of convenience

✒️ Strangers to friends to lovers

✒️ He falls hard

✒️ Family secrets

 

My Thoughts:

I really enjoyed The Gilded Age Heiresses series so when I saw Harper St. George was starting a spinoff series I knew had to read it!


Cora and Leo's story is one for the slow burn romance fans! They are nearly strangers when they get married and they first have to slowly become friends. I really enjoyed how hard Leo fell for Cora even though it made him really scared to lose her. Leo and Cora are really similar and their slowly falling for each other is pretty adorable!


I am really looking forward to reading the rest of the series! I have the feeling Cora's sisters are going to get into some trouble before they find their perfect matches.


🌶️🌶️ - This story has one very detailed spicy scene but given that it is so slow burn it isn't overly steamy.


Thank you to Berkley Romance for providing me with an arc of this title! All opinions are my own.

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