Loved this!

Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides #1) by Eloisa James    

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Victoria Sutton is beguiled by a pair of extraordinary children, wards to Viscount Lord Dominic Alston Augustus Kelbourne.

Torie’s sister Leonora has been engaged to Viscount Kelbourne for two years. Their’s is a marriage of design. Nothing too taxing. A couple of children, social duties and each leading their own lives.

Torie is the “stupid” sister who cannot read! So not wife material. She paints bunnies and flowers.

Dominic was a child dominated by a cold father who’d trained his son to be as unfeeling as he.

Dominic's notorious sister, Lady Dorsey, had taunted her father by having affairs all over the place. Her husband was never sure if the children were his. They’d been brought up in a most ramshackle way.

I loved the list of words, composed of expressions the children used, that are declared  prohibited by the Viscount and Torie. That’s hilarious!

The children became a point of contention between Dominic and Leonora. Leonora wanted the twins shipped off to the country with their dreadful nanny.

Meanwhile Torie had made the children’s acquaintance and loved them. They responded in kind, reading to her. Torie has a ferocious intelligence and an eidetic memory. She’s not the fool her family thinks! As the story unfolds we discover awesome secrets about Torie.

What we have here is a delightful rogue / wallflower romance with a touch of almost enemies to lovers slant, a careless lover, and two intrepid children.

A novel filled to the brim with James’ wonderful wit, occasions of clashing personalities, and heady romance. The chase is the thing, filled with momentous setbacks and sublime makeups!

An Avon & Harper Voyager ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.