An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler

Rogues and Remarkable Women - Book 2

by Vanessa Riley

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

Jemina St. Maur is a survivor. She has survived the sinking of her ship from Jamaica to London, 2 years locked up in Bedlam, the loss of her memories before the sinking and the loss of her baby…

Jemina may be an sought after widowed heiress on the London marraige market, but she is more interesting in her work with the secret group, The Widow Grace that rescued her and helps other widows in need… she is still in need because she is in search of her past and her truth. And the only one who seems to have any answers is the handsome barrister, now the new Earl of Ashbrook, Daniel… but he’s not sharing his secrets with her!

Drawn together by a shared secret, Jemina and Daniel find that they have more in common than just the secrets they are keeping from each other. Soon they are put in a situation where they must marry, but yet they still can’t trust the other enough to share their secrets and it looks like their marring may fall apart before its even begun!

There was a lot going on in this story. I found that the back and other between Jemina and Daniel was fun throughout, but for me the story really kicked into gear around the halfway point. Before that I was not as invested. A shared trauma for our characters brings the second half of the book up to the next level and I found at that point I could not put the book down!

I ended up really loving this book in the end. Vanessa Riley does a great job of including racially diverse characters that that feel real and authentic. I also appreciate that she shows the realities of racism that her diverse characters would experience without sugar coating it.

This was. Great read, but I would recommend readers read the first book in the series before stepping into this one because they are readily linked.

An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley is scheduled to release April 27th, 2021.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Zebra, Kensington Books through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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