Season's Original, #2
by Vivienne Lorret
Releasing August 2nd 2016
Avon Impulse
Avon Impulse
From The Book Junkie Reads . . .
This Earl is on Fire (Season’s Original, #2) . . .
The Earl of Wolford finds himself it a tiny predicament. He wakes to find that he has no memory of the events that lead him to his current situation. He also wakes to a beautiful voice, soothing, alluring, witty, and sweet. With all that has happened to him in life, he finds that one that he was willing to leave his old ways behind for but his past works against him and them.
I loved Adeline and the Earl also but she stole the show for me. The secondary characters were supportive and helped carry things through. This was by far not your conventional courtship once Liam took his head out of an unmentioned place. There was adventures and tradition. Adeline had herself a chance to live life beyond being coddled. She had the wonderful unconventional family that supports the story perfectly. There was humor, adventure, mystery, and romance.
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Season's Original series:
All I Want for Christmas - Season's Original, #0.5 SEE REVIEW
The Debutante is Mine - Season's Original, #1
This Earl is on Fire - Season's Original, #2
When a Marquess Loves a Woman - Season's Original, #3
Blurb
The
sheltered daughter of a country baron, Miss Adeline Pimm comes to London
looking for adventure… and finds it in the form of a bloody, unconscious man
slumped in the doorway of her family's rented townhouse. Though his identity is
a mystery, Adeline is inexplicably drawn to the handsome, injured man and vows
to nurse him back to health.
Liam Cavanaugh, the scandalous Earl of Wolford, is startled when he awakens in an unfamiliar bed, wrapped in bandages that hinder his eyesight, with no memory of why he was beaten half to death. Although he can't see the witty young woman who tends to his wounds, her alluring voice--and a single stolen kiss from her soft lips--help soothe his pain. But when he is fully healed, Liam is not ready to let go of the one woman who stirs his deepest longings.
Liam will do whatever it takes to see Adeline again, even if it means giving up his rakish ways. But his disreputable past is not so easily forgotten and his secrets are far more dangerous than he-or Adeline-ever imagined.
Liam Cavanaugh, the scandalous Earl of Wolford, is startled when he awakens in an unfamiliar bed, wrapped in bandages that hinder his eyesight, with no memory of why he was beaten half to death. Although he can't see the witty young woman who tends to his wounds, her alluring voice--and a single stolen kiss from her soft lips--help soothe his pain. But when he is fully healed, Liam is not ready to let go of the one woman who stirs his deepest longings.
Liam will do whatever it takes to see Adeline again, even if it means giving up his rakish ways. But his disreputable past is not so easily forgotten and his secrets are far more dangerous than he-or Adeline-ever imagined.
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Liam Cavanaugh grinned at the corrugated lines marking his
cousin’s lifted brows. It wasn’t often that Northcliff Bromley, the Duke of
Vale and renowned genius, showed astonishment.
Bending his dark head, Vale peered closer at the marble heads
within the crates. “Remarkable. Even seeing them side by side, I hardly notice
a difference. The fellows will be fascinated when you present
this to the Royal Society at month’s end.”
“It was pure luck that I had the original as well.” Liam
shrugged as if he’d merely stumbled upon the differences between a genuine
article and an imposter.
Vale turned, and his obsidian eyes sharpened on Liam. “No need
to play the simpleton with me. You forget that I know your secret.”
Liam cast a hasty glance around the sconce-lit, cluttered
ballroom of Wolford House, ensuring they were alone. Fortunately, the vast
space was empty aside from the two of them and a dozen or more large crates
filled with artifacts. “By definition, a secret is that of which we do not
speak. So lower your voice, if you please.”
No one needed to know that he actually studied each piece of his
collection in detail—enough that he’d learned how to spot a forgery in an
instant.
“Afraid the servants will tell the ton your
collection isn’t merely a frivolous venture? Or that your housekeeper’s
complaints of dusty urns and statues crowding each room would suddenly fall
silent?” Vale flashed a smile that bracketed his mouth with deep creases.
Liam pretended to consider his answer, pursing his lips. “It
would be cruel of me to render Mrs. Brasher mute when she finds such enjoyment
in haranguing me.”
“She may have a point,” Vale said, skirting in between two
crates when a wayward nail snagged his coat, issuing a sharp rip of
rending fabric. He stopped to examine the hole and shook his head. “Your
collection has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few months. So much so
that you were forced to purchase another property to house it all.”
“The curse of immense wealth and boredom, I’m afraid.”
His cousin’s quick glower revealed that he was not amused by
Liam’s insouciant guise. Then, as if to punish him for it, he issued the
foulest epithet known to man. “You should marry.”
Not wanting to reveal the discomfort slowly clawing up his
spine, Liam chuckled. “As a cure for boredom?”
Vale said nothing. He merely crossed his arms over his chest and
waited.
It was a standoff now. They were nearly equal in regard to
observation skills, but apparently Vale thought he had the upper hand.
Liam knew differently. He crossed his arms as well and smirked.
If anyone were to peer into the room at this moment, they might
wonder if they were staring at matching wax figures. The two of them looked
enough alike in build and coloring to be brothers, but with subtle differences.
Vale’s features were blunter, while Liam’s were angular. And Vale’s dark eyes
were full of intellect, while Liam’s green eyes tended to reveal the streak of
mischief within.
“Marriage would do you good,” Vale said.
Liam disagreed. “You’re starting to sound like Thayne, always
hinting of ways to improve my social standing.”
The Marquess of Thayne was determined to reform Liam into
the ton’s favorite pet—the Season’s Original. In fact,
Thayne had been so confident in success that he’d wagered on the outcome. What
a fool.
“I never hint,” Vale said.
Liam offered his cousin a nod. “True. You are a forthright,
scientific gentleman, and I appreciate that about you. Therefore, I will give
you the courtesy of answering in kind: No. I should not marry.
I like my life just as it is.” He lifted his hands in a gesture to encompass
his collection within this room. “Besides, I could never respect a woman who
would have me.”
Vale scoffed. “Respect?”
“Very well. I could never trust a woman who
desired to marry me. Not with my reputation. Such a woman would either be mad
or conniving, and I want neither for a wife.”
He’d nearly succumbed once, falling for the worst of all
deceptions. After that narrow escape, he’d vowed never to be tricked again.
“Come now. There are many who care nothing for your reputation.”
That statement only served to cement his belief. If his
despoiled reputation were the only thing keeping him far afield of the ton’s
conniving matchmakers, then he would make the most of it. And the perfect place
to add the crème de la crème to his list of scandalous exploits would be at Lady
Forester’s masquerade tonight.
After all, he had a carefully crafted reputation of unrepentant
debauchery to uphold.
Liam squared his shoulders and walked with his cousin to the
door. “If the Fates have it in mind to see me married before I turn sixty, then
they will have to knock me over the head and drag me to the altar.”
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Author InfoUSA Today bestselling author, VIVIENNE LORRET loves romance novels, her pink laptop, her husband, and her two sons (not necessarily in that order … but there are days). Transforming copious amounts of tea into words, she is an Avon Impulse author of works including: Tempting Mr. Weatherstone, The Wallflower Wedding Series, The Rakes of Fallow Hall Series, The Duke’s Christmas Wish, and the Season’s Original Series.
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