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Three friends. One Wager. Winner takes all.
The Earl—‘Lucky Ned’ Ashby. Pompous, preening, certain that he is beloved by everyone.
The Miller—John Turner. Proud, forced to work as the Earl’s secretary, their relationship growing ever more strained.
The Doctor—Rhys Gray. Practical, peace-loving, but caught in the middle of two warring friends.
Their wager is simple: By trading places with John Turner and convincing someone to fall in love with him, Ned plans to prove it’s him the world adores, not his money. Turner plans to prove him wrong.
But no one planned on Phoebe Baker, the unassuming governess who would fall into their trap, and turn everything on its head…
My thoughts:
The premise is...well I honestly want to kick Ned and John in a very private place. The game was a really crappy thing to come up with.
They change places, John Turner pretends to be an Earl. But he will start to fall for someone and he is just a miller (but his book is book 2.) He does seem like a good person except when he tries to ruin things for Ned.
Ned, oh yes, he is way too sure of himself and is all look at me. Now he has to pretend to be a secretary. And win the hand of a lady of birth. But how he bumbles along. Still, he does learn not to be so arrogant. But you know, he is an ass at first.
Pheobe then, she is a governess. Her dad died after losing their money. She is angry at a certain lord and drama!
Conclusion:
I still liked it cos Ned does change and he genuinely likes her. It was a sweet book.
Cover
It's missing half a head
I still liked it cos Ned does change and he genuinely likes her. It was a sweet book.
Cover
It's missing half a head
- Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
- Published July 29th 2014 by Pocket Books (first published July 22nd 2014)
- Winner Takes All #1
- Historical romance
- XoXo After Dark Free reads
That is a really shitty wager! But I'm glad Ned grows!
ReplyDeleteSuch a shitty wager
DeleteYes, well. It's always good when a character goes through a transformation of sort. I like the switcheroo. Sounds like fun. :)
ReplyDeleteI did like that they switched parts :)
DeleteI really need to get back to this genre. I just don't really like any of the ones published this century. LOL! I have a shelf full of 80's and 90's from my aunt but I have yet to get to them all.
ReplyDeleteThe 80s and 90s ones are scary to me
DeleteI'm glad Ned won you over in the end, I kind of want to punch him at the moment for making that wager:)
ReplyDeleteTotally punch him
Deletelol on the cover is missing half a head. I cannot tell you how many times I've written about those headless covers and how they annoy me.
ReplyDeleteWhile this isn't my type of book I'm glad to see you liked it even after the wager.
They save money, but still...silly
Deletelol it's missing half a head, thats funny.
ReplyDeleteYay for governess stories tho
Yay for those
DeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteI haven't read anything by this author but I'll have to check her out! Great review!
ReplyDeleteSweet can be good, must try her some time.
ReplyDeleteI hope so
DeleteWait, these guys are "friends"? That must be one messed up relationship, and what a messed up up wager!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
One works for the other one so there are tensions from before
DeleteHmmm do you think I'd enjoy this one? :)
ReplyDeleteI think so
DeleteA horrible wager but I read something like this before which all turned out well!
ReplyDeleteIt always does
DeleteMen...always asses. ;) But this does have an interesting premise.
ReplyDeleteThat they are
DeleteOh my..such violent thoughts..lol
ReplyDeleteHehe
DeleteGood to know that there is some character transformations...I do love that.
ReplyDeleteSame here
DeleteAhhh wagers are mostly so bad! Glad he won you over though.
ReplyDeleteALways!
DeleteYou know, I want to say I'd like this one... but in today's day and age, especially with what's in the media, I think my head would taint what is a fictional story and make it something worse.
ReplyDeleteI can understand that
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