When he’s invited to Wren’s house for tea, he expects it’s just a polite social call, but instead he’s met by a veiled lady who offers him the funds he needs in exchange for marriage.Īlexander is initially mortified and angry, but chills out long enough to realize this might not be all bad. He now has a large, crumbling estate and no money to properly care for it or his tenants. Luckily, she is also wealthy, and she has a neighbor in need of a fortune.Īlexander Wescott has recently, and unexpectedly, become the Earl of Riverdale. When said aunt and uncle pass away, Wren realizes how terribly lonely she is. Wren was born with a large purple birthmark covering one-half of her face, and she hid at her aunt and uncle’s country estate, content for them to be the only people in her life. Up until the point when the novel opens, she had been living as a recluse, hiding from society. Like a number of Balogh’s books, it’s a romance about healing – especially creating the space in which to heal – and that’s a plotline that works so well for me.Īt the age of twenty-nine, Wren Heyden is firmly on the shelf. Someone to Wed somehow manages to both be a feel-good read and full of emotional catharsis. Theme: Marriage of Convenience, Slow Burn Genre: Historical: European, Regency, Romance
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