The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George
This had the problem that I thought it was going to have, which was living up to book 1. I enjoyed it, but book 1 was so good that this was going to struggle and it did. Violet is the star now and with news that August has finally been married she thinks that her parents will be happy and let her get married to Teddy like she has planned. She thought wrong. They want to marry her to an Viscount, who she hated. Enter Christian Lee. He has a better title and the man her parents are considering her marrying, but he doesn't have land with mineral rights that he can include in the marriage discussions so they reject his offer. She overhears her parents plotting about the horrible man and she decides to run away and plans for it to happen at a lecture. He just happens to be there with her carriage and offers to give her a lift. They travel together. They start falling for each other. Now, when they have to decide to head toward the boarding house where she is going or to Scotland where he is going, she's asleep so he goes to Scotland. They end up in an accident and she gets hurt badly. He pretends they are newlyweds so they can stay with the local doctor and his wife and she can get care. When she wakes up he proposes for real and she accepts. Then they solidify their union. Then her brother shows up and confronts them and Lee tells her what his plan was. She leaves him and goes home with her brother. Obviously, they reunite and have a small wedding and a cold marriage. Then, she realizes she's pregnant. Meanwhile, he is working to prove to her that he does love her and is using his title to try to bring about change to women. She forgives him and they move in together and are happy. It was good, but not as good as the first. But I am still enjoying the series and cannot wait for their brother's book!
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