About the Book
Too Wilde to Wed
by Eloisa James
Series
The Wildes of Lindow Castle Series
Genre
Adult
Historical Romance
Publisher
Avon Books
Publication Date
May 29, 2018
No one is more surprised than Lord North when he returns from war to find his ex-fiancee in his ancestral home…working as a governess in a sexy, fiery new Wildes of Lindow Castle romance by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James…
The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde—known to his friends as North—left England two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He returns from war to find that he’s notorious: polite society has ruled him “too wild to wed.”
Diana never meant to tarnish North’s reputation, or his heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was no time to consider the consequences of working as a governess in Lindow Castle. Now everyone has drawn the worst conclusions about the child’s father, and Diana is left with bittersweet regret.
When North makes it clear that he still wants her for his own, scandal or no, Diana has to fight to keep from losing her heart to the man whom she still has no intention of marrying.
Yet North is returning a hardened warrior—and this is one battle he’s determined to win.
He wants Diana, and he’ll risk everything to call her his own.
If you've read the first book you know it left off with a bit of a teaser for this book. If you haven't read it while it has North and Diana in it and shows a little bit about their engagement it's not imperative that you read it to fully enjoy this one, but it's a damn good book you should read it anyways. North and Diana are quite the couple, in the two years North was gone quite a bit changed about him and about Diana but once they are back together not hiding behind the makeup and wigs of high fashion and not pretending to be someone they are not they realize they do make a striking couple. North notices first but Diana has a hard letting go of what happened and believing North could love her for who she is now and not what she was back then.
Not to sound cliche but this really is a delightfully witty book, but than again that what Eloisa James is best at, and her romance but really that goes without saying. Diana is probably the worst governess ever but she loves her charges and she tries her best. The Wilde family welcomed her with open arms even after she jilted North. In North's absence he became a notorious rogue and seducer of innocents. The same caricatures that depicted North's brother's adventures around the world as Too Wilde to Love dubbed North as Too Wilde to Wed. That's fine with North if the ton momma's don't focus on him he only has eyes for Diana. What bugs him is the blown out of proportion events that dubbed him Too Wilde to Wed and how it affected Diana. Even before North finds out the truth about what happened two years ago he knows without a doubt that he still wants Diana and he spend almost the whole book proving to her that they were meant to be together.
Overall, between the wit and the romance it had me laughing and awwing the whole book. Diana gets a little annoying every now and then but North more than make up for it. The kids are adorable and if you didn't have a thing for peacocks before you might have one after reading this. Once again Eloisa astounds me with amazing writing, fantastic characters, drool worthy heroes, and a beautiful romance. I look forward to the future books with the rest of the Wilde kids.
She giggled, and her arms wound around his neck. “I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I am relishing my freedom.”
“I know you don’t love me,” he said, keeping his voice even. “Just so you know, I do love you. I think it is a lifelong condition.”
Her eyes filled with remorse, but he shook his head. “Love should never be regretted. But what might be regretted by you is this evening, Diana. You wish to marry for love. Won’t the man you choose expect you to come to him without knowledge of men?”
Never mind the fact that he had every intention of being the man she chose. Look what happened to Godfrey’s father. What happened to the men in his regiment. Life should never be taken for granted.
“Whoever marries me will already know that I jilted a ravishing future duke,” she said firmly, and then, with a twinkle, “You can take ‘ravishing’ in two ways.”
Who would have guessed that his melancholy fiancée could have such a naughty grin?
“My husband will love me enough not to care,” Diana said, her eyes shining with faith.
Everything in North chilled at the idea of Diana being loved by another man. Loving another man.
He cleared his throat, because he had the feeling she wouldn’t approve of her romantic ambitions making him homicidal.
“Miss Belgrave, are you giving me permission to ravish you?”
She dimpled at him. “Yes! I requested just that, Lord Roland.”
A gentleman wouldn’t agree. But that perfect gentleman likely wasn’t as focused on winning as North was. Sometimes winning involved breaking some rules. Taking risks. Thinking creatively.
Diana kept stealing glances at his lips.
“A gentleman never refuses a lady,” he said, making up his mind. He rose onto his knees, pulled off his shirt, and threw it over the side of the bed.
Tour Wide Giveaway
To celebrate the release of TOO WILDE TO WED by Eloisa James, we’re giving away one hardcover copy of WILDE IN LOVE and a peacock keychain!
GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS: Open to US shipping addresses only. One winner will receive a hardcover copy of WILDE IN LOVE by Eloisa James and a peacock keychain. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance. Giveaway ends 6/10/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
About the Author
ELOISA JAMES is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. Visit her at http://www.eloisajames.com.
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