Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti

Series: Belvoir's Library (#2)

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Published: January 21, 2025 by St. Martin's Griffin

Historical romance/own

Lydia is a spinster and an heiress. She has been writing to an Earl for some time, under a male name obviously. They talk politics, and now she is on her way to propose to him. He needs money, she has money.

Arthur is the Earl who is kind, and so busy trying to keep his estate going. But he has no idea why this woman is.

Oh no, it was the brother, we must find him! But the plot thickens. Suddenly it gets more spydrama too. And feelings grow between Arthur and Lydia as the hunt for his brother around Scotland.

It was humorous and fun. I will def read more in this series, and perhaps her other ones too

For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets. And for almost as long, she’s corresponded with the Earl of Strathrannoch, whose political ambition is matched only by his charm. When Arthur’s latest letter reveals his dire financial straits, Lydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can think of—a marriage of convenience. To, um, herself.

Unfortunately, the Earl of Strathrannoch has no idea who she is.

When a bewitching redheaded stranger offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird is stunned—but when he learns that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under Arthur’s name, he’s bloody furious. He’s content to live alone in his moldering castle, and he has no desire for a provocative, radical wife. (Or at least, he shouldn’t.)

But Arthur is desperate to track down his brother, who’s become dangerously entangled in British espionage, and he needs Lydia’s help. What he doesn’t need? The attraction that burns hotter each moment they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defenses and his brother’s mysterious past becomes a very present threat, Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe—even his heart.