How Not to Marry a Lord by Emma Orchard is a historical romance with a few twists to keep your attention. We have the usual suspects: a young lady who just came into her inheritance, a wounded gentry who believes he is too scarred to be loved, and a grasping nobleman who is desperate for money.
The book opens with the three youngest Constatine Sisters getting an inheritance from a great aunt that they knew nothing about. There is also a huge house with all sorts of creeks and groans. As the sisters settle in, they meet some of the locals and immediately attract the “wrong attention”.
However, Major Alistair Bartrum, the local hero, crotchety, grumbling and difficult is added to the drama and creates an attachment to Cecilia. While the Pallant Family tries very hard to charm the Constatine Sisters.
At the end there was a humdinger of a surprise and a clarity of feelings. I found the beginning a little slow and the ending full of everything that could have been spread out better across the novel. Having said that, I mostly enjoyed the novel and will look for the next novel in the series.
This ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
