Blurb:
When you want something out of life, you’ll have
to fight for it.
Lewis Stapleton, eighth Earl of Lethbridge is a man hovering on the edge of
breaking. Between his mother pestering him about finding a bride of high social
standing, maintaining his estates and title without enough funding, and
worrying over his brothers, he requires an outlet. Anger and grief haven’t been
dealt with since his father’s death two years prior, so he works through those
emotions while in the boxing ring. His father was a prize fighter so matching
his over-large footsteps is difficult, but something must give else he’ll
explode.
Miss Cecilia Dawson is tired of being an object of ridicule or allegedly not
good enough for anything beyond a quick tryst. With an affinity for numbers,
she keeps the books for her father’s shipping company, but is desperate for a
way to defend herself against the coarse and crude men she encounters in the
office near the docks. The day she steps into the Stapleton Boxing Salon while
disguised as a boy rapidly becomes both the best and worst day of her life.
Despite the instant attraction between them, Lewis ignores it in favor of
teaching Cecilia how to box for protection. As the summer days slip by filled
with an illegal fight or two as well as activities that come far too close to
courtship, the attraction spills into forbidden desire that lands them both
into scandal. Distracted, they never see danger coming that puts them into a
corner of peril.
Only by releasing fears and working together will they come away with a
prize more valuable than anything they could imagine.
My review:
With Love In Their Corner is an interesting Regency Romance
that takes place in an unusual setting. Our heroine is a smart woman used to
getting her way from a loving father. Our hero is an unhappy Earl being harassed
by his mother to find a bride despite or because of the family’s tenuous
financial condition. Cecilia and Lewis meet in a rather peculiar situation and
the author takes us on a wonderful trip through their acquaintance. I
thoroughly enjoyed their tale.
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