Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides, #1)
Eloisa James
Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women. He wants a nanny, not a bride… Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady—until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée’s unconventional sister. Torie isn’t perfect, but their kisses are so passionate that society thinks he’s actually chosen her. She wants to marry for love… Torie has never been able to make sense of words on a page, so she has turned her talents to art. She longs for a man who values her as she is… but marries for the sake of the twins. She doubts Dominic is capable of love, let alone respect, but as their heated debates turn into something more, Torie begins to imagine a life as a wife, not a nanny. But when the arrogant viscount finds that his viscountess has stolen his heart, he’ll have to give all he has to win her love.
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0I love it when a starchy Viscount gets walloped right between the eyes by a seemingly flighty woman, so this book was so, so satisfying.
Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is marrying the perfect woman—not for love but as a political helpmeet—until he becomes the guardian of precocious twins and she elopes with another man. Dom turns to his former fiancée’s sister to help him with the children and ends up falling head over heels for the seemingly unsuitable Torie. The handling of Torie’s dyslexia by her family and acquaintances was interesting given that dyslexia was unknown at that time.
I don’t usually love kids as a plot device but the twins are great! I liked how the relationship between Dom and Torie grew from need to respect to love. There were genuine laugh-out-loud moments as well as sweet scenes. And Dom’s grand gesture was so good.
I’m in love with Viscount in Love, and I can’t wait for the next book!
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for an eARC. Opinions are my own.
0This book was really good. I liked how their fight was a normal fight and they both took ownership for their part of what happened and decided to work hard to overcome. Dom was super Romantic and I like how proud he was that Torie was an amazing artist and encouraged her. Florence and Valentine were so cute. I love when kids are part of a story but they are interesting and weird.
Favorite note I took during this one: Haha. Turpentine gives him an erection. Iconic.
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