Laughed! I loved this! 🤣

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Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch 

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Emmaline and William Pershing go to all sorts of lengths to keep their home, including borrowing two children from the ‘Stone Jug’ (St Stephen’s Orphanage) to be their children. Rose and George (to be known at the party as Flora and Malcolm)
Emmaline’s grandfather, the duke, had a ridiculous codicil to his heirs having the use of the family home Winnover Hall.
Well Emmie Hervey grew up here and when she got wind of her cousin Penelope’s forthcoming nuptials she decidly wasn’t letting her dratted cousin Penelope move in. 
So she married her best friend Will Pershing and as time moved on, unknown to Will, sort of invented a family to keep the house. It’s now eight years later and they have to attend her grandfathers seventieth birthday party—and time for Emmaline to confess all to Will.
All’s going well at the party but! Well, after a situation that involved eggs being thrown and the birthday cake sort of collapsing, she had to confess about her made up family to the Duke.
Taking up the orphans was diabolical, and just so endearing. George and Rose are pure gold.
Then there’s James Fletcher turning up! Now he’s a bad egg!
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and Emmaline keeps falling into situations that Will supports with quiet, good humour. What a Darling! If only Will and Emmie could take their marriage beyond the “convenience” stage!
So all the ingredients for a wild, improbable ride with the funnest of children and an endearing couple along with their rather delightful servants—all trying to keep their home together!
I laughed and chortled my way through this hilarious story.

A St Martin’s Press Invitation ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.

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