His Reluctant Lady (His #2)
Aydra Richards
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
3.93
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· 33 ratings · 403 pages · Published: 14 Jan 2020

David Kittridge, the Earl of Westwood, is deep in the throes of heartbreak, as the woman he loves has recently become engaged to someone else. Engaging in meaningless trysts seems as good a way as any to cure himself of lovesickness, but after mistaking Poppy for a woman in search of a touch of scandal, and a kiss that leaves him reeling, he finds that he can’t quite get her out of his head.
David is incensed when he discovers that he has been used as material for a Gothic novel, and is determined to ferret out the culprit. But when he comes into possession of Poppy’s writing notebook and learns of her secret career as a Gothic novelist, he realizes the notebook comes with an unexpected boon—the leverage he needs to lure in the reluctant Poppy. If anyone should discover her secret, it would destroy her reputation and ruin her sisters’ chances of making decent matches. But David’s blackmail leads them down a path that neither would ever have expected.
Tagged as:
- historical 12
- regency 10
- virgin heroine 8
- plain heroine 7
- arranged/forced marriage 7
- take-charge heroine 6
- marriage of convenience 5
- angst 5
- tortured heroine 5
- third person pov 5
- competent heroine 5
- rich hero 5
- m-f romance 5
- sassy heroine 4
- victorian 4
- forced proximity 4
- enemies to lovers 3
- friends to lovers 3
- shy heroine 3
- possessive hero 3
- dual pov 3
- good grovel 2
- tall heroine 2
- independent heroine 2
- famous heroine 2
- cruel hero/bully 2
- male pov 2
- slow burn 1
- working class heroine 1
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- poor heroine 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- class difference 1
- Add topics
- geography
- england 3
- europe 1
- british isles 1
- united kingdom 1
- content warnings
- dubious consent 2
- victim blaming 2
- alcoholism 2
romance tags
The 'His' series
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