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The Marquis She's Been Waiting For
The Marquis She's Been Waiting For
The Marquis She's Been Waiting For
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The Marquis She's Been Waiting For

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Dashing as they may be, Ella Quinn’s eligible bachelors have much to learn about life and love. Fortunately, just the right ladies are willing to instruct them …
 
Lady Dorcus Calthorp, daughter of the Marquis of Huntington, loved and lost during her first Season, leaving her suspicious of gentlemen. Now Dorie finds herself with no marital  prospects in sight—until Alexander, the  newly  elevated  Marquis  of  Exeter,  arrives  in  town. Handsome, charming, and an interesting conversationalist, he at first seems to be her perfect match. Then Dorie discovers he may not be seeking a wife so much as a land steward and mother to his sisters…
 
After learning of his father’s death, Alexander returns home to find his mother has run off with  his land  steward,  leaving  his  younger  sisters  with  their  governesses. The most expedient solution is a wife who will take the household and estate in hand while he assumes his role in  parliament. Lady Dorie meets all the requirements—until she makes a surprising proposal. Instead of marrying Alexander, she will tutor him in his duties, freeing him to find his heart’s match. Yet the more Dorie teaches him, the more he longs to change their course of study—to love. And with the end of the Season nearing, he doesn’t have much time...
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLyrical Press
Release dateSep 3, 2019
ISBN9781516102280
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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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    2.5 stars. Alex is sweet Dorie comes across as a calculating person. Shes supposed to be demanding but actually comes across as a bossy lady wanting her ways. Most of the ladies in this book come across as opinionated and headstrong. The editor was missing in action..the last 4 5 chapters were totally redundant and book dragged on and on.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Another lively read from Ella Quinn.What do you do when you've become the Marquis earlier than wished, your mother's scandalously run off with the land steward leaving your two sisters in your care, and you know nothing about managing households, lands, or young ladies?What Alexander, now Marquis  of  Exeter decides is that he needs a wife to help him through the mire of governing his marquisate. An aunt he's asked for assistance fires off the following tersely worded sensible sentiment, 'My advice is to find a wife.'Meanwhile Lady Dorcus Calthorp, daughter of a Marquis and sister one of Alex's friends, crosses Alex's path and decides to help him by introducing him to eligible potential candidates.Dorie discounts herself as a candidate. She's decided to marry for love, like the rest of her family. (I must admit to finding the interactions of her parents, the Marquis and Marchioness of Huntington very amusing.)Alex is completely bamboozled about the idea of being in love. This is foreign territory and not for him. However as he starts to change his mind he ruminates that, "This falling in love made life much more problematical just when it did not need more complications."He feels his only viable action is to pursue the reluctant Dorie. Having decided she is his preference will be difficult because, "Dorie was definitely a challenge. His greatest one yet."Now added to this it seems his father has another family. We don't hear much in this novel but that fact seems to be somewhat up in the air and hidden. Will it come to light later? And then there's Dorie's friend Lady Augusta Vivers, who seems to me even more absent minded than ever. Mmmm!What with amongst many things, preventing scandals from coming to light, needing a wife, and not even on a nodding notice with the idea of falling in love, our newly minted noble has his hands full, as does his chosen lady.A Kensington Books ARC via NetGalley
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Dorcas aka Dorie Calthorp loved and lost in her first season but now she's helping Alexander Marquis of Exeter's family deal with a mother who has run away with her love after her husband has died. He was on his grand tour when his father died and now his duties include bringing up his two youngest sisters. She's determined that she doesn't want a relationship but there's something building between them both and it's going to rock both of their lives.I enjoyed the story and would read more by the author.

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