Author: Christina Brooke
Original Title: The Wickedest Lord Alive
Release Year: 2014 (1st of July)
Literary Genre: Romance
Setting: England, regency
Series: 3° of The Westruthers series
Vote: 7/10
Eight
years ago the tall and handsome Marquis of Stayne and the beautiful,
lovely and very young Lady Alexandra Simmons, were forced to marry to pay a
gambling debt; after only one fleeting meeting to know each other and say
goodbye, the night they consummated their marriage, the newly wife vanished into the London night.
Years
later, Stayne is in need of an heir and decide to track down his
runaway bride, who is peacefully living in a small village under an
assumed name. After the initial surprise to see again her handsome
and very attractive husband, she is quite reticent to go back to that
life she run from and take her position as Marchioness of Stayne.
Frankly The Wickedest Lord Alive is
a bit confused. There is almost everything in this novel, too much in
my opinion: the incorrigible rake, titles, the evil mother, the
abusive father, the secret wedding, the escape, the false-name, the
conspiracy, the attempted murder, the idiot cousin who might inherit
the title, the necessity of an heir etc. I like these ingredients,
but not taken all together, the plot might become a bit unrealistic.
Despite that the author handles the situation well enough.
