Do Opposite to Really Attract?

The Viscount's Christmas Temptation by Erica Ridley

Dukes of War #0.5

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• File Size: 4091 KB
• Print Length: 148 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1939713293
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Intrepid Reads (October 21, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English

The Viscount's Christmas Temptation is a prequel to Erica Ridley's first series, Dukes of War. 

In London, England in 1815 Lady Amelia Pembroke, meticulously ran her younger brothers estate. She had be running it since their mother died when Amelia was only twelve. Now as a spinster at the age of nine and twenty, she realizes that unless she finds a husband her brother will never marry for fear of displacing his sister when she wife took over his estate. Not wanting to stand in the way of her brother's happiness,Lady Amelia concocts the rational idea of narrowing down her potential suitors by crossing off those without the right rank or the right reputation. 

She then planns to meet the ones that were suitable all under the same roof at the Sheffield seventy fifth annual Christmas ball. When her brother told her that the Christmas ball was canceled, Amelia decided to take things into her own hands. Even if it meant working the Viscount Sheffield, a man known for his reckless night time behavior. Will she find a husband? Do opposites really attract? Is being rational the right approach to love?

Though this prequel was short the author did a wonderful job giving the right amount of details in regards to the characters personalities and the setting. Anything more would have slowed down the plot of the story, making the story seem to drag on. Since that wasn't the case the plot smoothly went from one event to the next like one dancing to a slow song. 

I recommend for anyone who likes romance or historical fiction stories. 

I received this book as an ARC from Librarything.com. All my opinions are my own.