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Elektra Worthington is all too aware that the family fortunes will never be recouped unless she makes a good marriage, but her family’s reputation and lack of funds has led to a serious decline in the list of available suitors. Clever Elektra has researched possible suitors, and has concluded that Lord Aaron Arbogast is the perfect mate. He is heir to the estate of Arbodean, will become an earl, has been out of the country for ten years, and therefore knows nothing of the state the Worthingtons are in. To add to Elektra’s difficulties, she and her brother, Lysander, have been dispatched to a rural inn to wait for their cousin, Miss Bliss Worthington, who is coming to town to share the Season with Elektra.
While waiting for Bliss, Elektra sees a coach arrive, carrying a very ill Lord Aaron, and she puts her plan in motion-–to kidnap Lord Aaron, spend the night with him, and insist he marry her the next morning. However, like so many of Elektra’s plans, it all falls apart when she discovers who Lord Aaron really is.
Lord Aaron Arbogast has been shunned from society for the past ten years, ever since he took the blame for the scandal of a friend, and has only recently returned to England to visit his dying grandfather and make things right with him. When his valet, Hastings, becomes ill, he allows the innkeeper to believe that Hastings is the lord, thinking that he would receive better care. Deciding to leave Hastings behind and head to Arbodean alone, in a blinding rainstorm, Lord Aaron is hit on the head and awakens in a burned-out shell of a building, tied up on a chair, with Miss Elektra Worthington standing nearby.
Elektra is a determined woman whose loyalty to her family is admirable, even though her methods are a bit unorthodox. Lord Aaron is trying desperately to do the right thing, but ends up making a mess of it. Both characters are interesting and fun to read about, and the storyline of With This Ring is engaging. I enjoyed this historical novel and am looking forward to reading more from Celeste Bradley.
Book Stats:
- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks (July 1, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1250016142
- ISBN-13: 978-1250016140
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Books in the Worthington series in the order they should be read:
When She Said I Do
And Then Comes Marriage
With This Ring
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Summary : Elektra is a determined woman whose loyalty to her family is admirable, even though her methods are a bit unorthodox. Lord Aaron is trying desperately to do the right thing, but ends up making a mess of it. Both characters are interesting and fun to read about, and the storyline of With This Ring is engaging. I enjoyed this historical novel and am looking forward to reading more from Celeste Bradley.
