Series: Ladies and Strays #2
Author: Lisa Torquay
Publisher: Lisa Torquay
Publish Date: 09.28.2021
Category /Genre: Historical Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Lisa Torquay
Goodreads link: The Lady and the Mill Worker
Date completed: 09.25.2021
Description from the publisher:
Some like it rough!
Lady Emma Stapleton was assigned by her brother, the Earl of Worley, to save the earldom. Though she hasn't volunteered, her task is to marry the richest mill owner in the land and siphon the resources to save the earl. And like sheep walking to the slaughter house, Emma travels to her intended's mansion to accomplish her mission with dutiful intent. Only she hadn't counted on colliding with one portentous mill worker capable of dismantling everything she thought right and heat her insides in the process. But her allegiance must be to her lineage and rank even if giving him up feels like tearing her own soul.
Edgard Lynch has been working in that bloody mill since he was eight. Embittered by a life-long exploitation, he has no illusions and even less hope. Yet, when Lady Emma bursts into his universe, she shatters it to its last grain of dust. She's not to be touched, but he'll throw ranks and decency to the blazes if it means he can lose himself in her kisses.
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If you ever need an example of purple prose – the overindulgence of flowery, ornate, descriptive language to the point of sacrificing the plot – just pull this book from the shelf.
Setting that aside, the story is just too ridiculous. This is not a reverse Cinderella with the aristocratic lady choosing the penniless worker. It is not love is more important than money. It is deception at its worse from the first day and for no real reason. I never felt the chemistry, not even the lust that was supposed to be the chemistry. Nope, this story just did not appeal to me.
This was the first book I have read from this new-to-me author, and it will probably be my last. Too many choices to go back to a buffet that looks beautiful but fails to deliver.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Ladies and Strays Series:
1. The Lady and the Miner
2. The Lady and the Mill Worker
2.5 The Lady and the Solicitor
3. The Lady and the Bricklayer (releases 03.28.2022)
Also from Lisa Torquay:
· Igniting the Countess (Inevitable Love #3)
Imperious Lords Series:
1. Her Wicked Earl
2. Her Wicked Libertine
3. Her Wicked Duke
4. Her Wicked Marquess
Explosive Highlanders Series:
1. The Lass Defied the Laird
2. The Lass Defended the Laird
3. The Lass Beguiled the Laird
3.5 The Lass Initiated the Laird
4. The Lass Defended the Laird
5. The Lass Abducted the Laird
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