Book Review & Giveaway: The Heir by Grace Burrowes

Synopsis: In this Regency era battle of wits, wills, and the sexes, a wily old duke is determined to see the succession of his line secured, and his three headstrong sons are equally determined to resist the bonds of matrimony. In The Heir, the first in the series, the Earl of Wyndham, weighed down by responsibilities and determined to avoid the rounds of country houses of and matchmaking mamas, decides to summer in London. There he discovers a potentially perfect duchess in his lovely, mysterious housekeeper…

Review: The Heir brings us the story of Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven and Heir to the Duchy. As his father—the Duke—gets older he presses Westhaven more and more to marry but Westhaven refuses. Enter Anna Seaton, Westhaven’s housekeeper. After nearly bludgeoning him in a misunderstanding, Anna and Westhaven slowly begin to fall in love with one another. But there’s something in Anna’s past which leaves her very reluctant to accept a marriage proposal. When that past breaks forth and threatens her present existence all hell just might break loose unless Westhaven untangles the web and uncovers Anna’s secrets.

I was really upset with the romances after reading Devil’s Desire and I’ll admit, I wasn’t looking forward to reading The Heir when I realized I had another romance waiting on my list to be reviewed. I dove in anyways, and you know what … it totally blew my expectations out of the water.

Not only do we have a realistic and touching (and not to mention scorching hot) romance here, but the mystery of Anna’s past definitely kept my attention and gave the book some meat, serving as a catalyst for pushing the plot forward. Burrowes has created the perfect mix of love story, mystery and intrigue and I wasted no time in calling up my younger sister and informing her that she needed to read this book, posthaste.

So, if you love Regency Romances … be sure you don’t miss this one!

Giveaway

Thanks to Danielle over at Sourcebooks, we are giving away TWO copes of The Heir to two lucky followers. US/Canada residents only, no P.O. Boxes, please. Simply be a follower and comment below with your name, email and how you are following us and on December 26th (contest ends December 25th at 11:59pm central time), I’ll announce the winners.

Teresa

Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.