Published: July 24, 2009
Words: 38,462 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452312262

Short description

A Regency Romance. Lord Warenne accepts a wager to court a desperate old maid he’s never seen and have his marriage proposal rejected in front of witnesses. He knows he’ll win; he’s lucky. But sometimes good luck is really bad luck wearing a tawdry wig and lots of face paint. Fate flips its coin. Lord Warenne finds his world upside down when he realises that sometimes to win is to lose.

Extended description

The twenty-six year old Edmund, Earl of Warenne, accepts a challenge to win an impossible wager. At the risk of losing his favourite snuff box and being saddled with an ugly wife, Edmund agrees to court a desperate old maid, sight unseen, and have his honourable marriage proposal rejected in front of witnesses. He knows he’ll win; he’s lucky as well as thorough. Not really wanting to be saddled with an unpleasant life companion, he decides to take extreme measures to ensure that the old maid finds his offer unpalatable. Fate flips its coin. Edmund’s natural optimism is put to the test as the coin is caught with tragedy facing upward. Will he be able to see the lucky side of life when he realises that sometimes to win is to lose?

Miss Priscilla Stanley is doomed. She’s the unluckiest woman ever born. If something good happens to her, she knows that if she waits long enough, something bad will come of it. She’s very pretty with alluring curves, but she counts these blessings.. (Read more) The twenty-six year old Edmund, Earl of Warenne, accepts a challenge to win an impossible wager. At the risk of losing his favourite snuff box and being saddled with an ugly wife, Edmund agrees to court a desperate old maid, sight unseen, and have his honourable marriage proposal rejected in front of witnesses. He knows he’ll win; he’s lucky as well as thorough. Not really wanting to be saddled with an unpleasant life companion, he decides to take extreme measures to ensure that the old maid finds his offer unpalatable. Fate flips its coin. Edmund’s natural optimism is put to the test as the coin is caught with tragedy facing upward. Will he be able to see the lucky side of life when he realises that sometimes to win is to lose?

Miss Priscilla Stanley is doomed. She’s the unluckiest woman ever born. If something good happens to her, she knows that if she waits long enough, something bad will come of it. She’s very pretty with alluring curves, but she counts these blessings as curses, because they attract all the wrong kind of men. She isn’t penniless; as soon as she marries, she’ll receive a two thousand pound annuity left to her by her parents, but without a husband this fortune is frozen. Penniless, she’s forced to live with her aunt and uncle, who view her as a harbinger of ill fortune. They hope to be rid of her before their house burns down or they die in a horrid accident. Unbeknown to Priscilla, her uncle has agreed to pay her cousin Donald five thousand pounds if he can find a man to marry her and take her away. Priscilla has had many offers of marriage, but as ill-luck would have it none of them took her to the altar. Fate appears to be nothing more than a heartless fiend who finds great pleasure in poking Priscilla with a stick, but when the Earl of Warenne comes to pay his addresses something strange starts to happen. Has she been the unluckiest woman in the world, or the luckiest?
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romance, regency romance, clean romance, romance story, romance and love, romance novel, free romance story, cari hislop, romance historical, romance 1800s

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Review by: Crystal Dawn on May 01, 2013 :
A very enjoyable, romantic story.
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Review by: Jill Hamilton on Feb. 08, 2013 :
Cute, dumb fluff. Emphasis on dumb. It's a sweet story, but in desperate need of a professional editor's polish. There were too many typos to overlook. The phrase 'luxurious throbbing' was used to death. It didn't even make sense. It felt more like a description of an event. The hero even said it to the heroine at the end.

I did not like the men in general. Making a wager on a girl's happiness. Two of them insisting she's going to marrying them despite her constant refusals. They were all overly cruel.

I didn't hate the heroine, but I have no idea WHY she loves him and chose him. It seemed he was the best of all options. Not a 'I can't live without you' deal.

I don't recommend it, but I don't say stay away.
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Review by: Nicole Thornton on May 28, 2012 :
This one took me by surprise. Thought it'd be your typical Regency romance, but no. Had quirkiness, good writing, interesting story, but what I liked most about it was it's sense of fun with the storyline and with the development of the characters over the life of the story.
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Review by: emr619 on Oct. 23, 2011 :
I thought this was a good book, interesting read, laugh out loud
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Review by: JackieW on Oct. 06, 2011 :
I'm sorry I can't give this book lower than a 1 star. It was truly awful. The ‘Hero’ sobs and whines for the ‘Heroine’. Puh-leese! In the home of the ‘Villain’ no less!

Add to that the incomprehension of simple grammar and spelling, well, it’s a completely horrible book and not worth your time.
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Review by: Doris Holmes on Sep. 13, 2011 :
Good story
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Review by: idealsoul on Aug. 08, 2011 :
a+++
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Review by: Myra Mather on March 31, 2011 :
great read!
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Review by: Isabella luna on Jan. 22, 2011 :
loved it
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Review by: C.L.J. on Sep. 04, 2010 :
This is a great book for an uplifting afternoon. A Regency rom-com with a little depth. The characters have reasons for their attitudes and personalities; and the nature of luck is discussed, albeit lightly.

I thoroughly recommend this to anyone who reads authors such as Heyer; I enjoyed this more than Heyer's books.
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Review by: Tori on July 31, 2010 :
I enjoyed this book. I thought the whole story was entertaining and enjoyed the characters. It was a fun light read.
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Review by: lind on April 04, 2010 : (no rating)
Delightful reading. The characters are strong, witty, and interesting enough to keep you reading. Enjoyed it very much.
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