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The Wedding Wager

The Wedding Wager

by Eva Devon

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5



The Duke of Chase can’t see a woman in trouble and not act, so when he sees the father of Lady Victoria Kirby wagering off his daughters hand to a known reprobate, he jumps in to win the wager… earning himself a wife he never planned for!


This should be ok, sure he never planned to marry or sire children and he’s a known rake, but Chase is certain he can forge an understanding with his new wife where they can both be happy living their own lives…


That plan goes up in smoke shortly after meeting the notorious harridan. Victory is free with her thoughts and extremely intelligent - not the pain wallflower he expected!


Chase is down to her intelligence and forward thinking ways, where Victoria is enthralled by the freedoms Chase promises her in return.


All was going well in this marriage of convenience, until their attraction comes to a head and feeling get involved. Neither Chase nor Victoria planned for any of this and it could be the complete undoing of the idyllic life they started to create together.


This book had me captivated from the start with the wager and Chase’s underlying motives. I really enjoyed seeing him turned inside out over his plain wife. Victoria is often described as plain in this book by the ton and other men, and I know some people will get stuck on that idea… while reading I felt her plainness was more a reflection of her not bowing to society norms. Her interest in history and preference to be studying artifacts rather than priming and presenting herself as the ideal female to the ton would have made her a source of ridicule, thus creating the cycle where their taunts result in her hiding and reflecting back that plainness in order to hide.


But I digress, I really enjoyed this book and found Chase and Victoria’s discovery of their true worth and the love they deserve an absolute delight!



The Wedding Wager by Eva Devon is scheduled to release October 25th, 2021.



I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from Entangled Publishing through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.



 

 

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