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    Wicked Wyckerly

    By Patricia Rice

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    John Fitzhugh Wyckerly has been the spare heir all his life, supporting himself with gambling and charm. The news that he’s inherited the bankrupt title of Earl of Danecroft shatters his indolent world. Even penniless, he’s always paid his debts, but now the estate’s creditors are closing in. He can fake his death and run for cover...or accept overwhelming responsibility and find a rich wife—one who will also accept his illegitimate terror of a daughter.

     

    On his way to find an heiress, he meets Abigail Merriweather, who is neither rich nor aristocratic, but she can tame The Terror and stomp cockroaches. Unfortunately, she needs a wealthy, powerful man who will fight her father’s executor and retrieve her four half-siblings. When an unexpected inheritance falls into Abby’s lap, she sets out for London to seek a lawyer.

     

    Can Fitz charm his practical Abby into trusting him to save her siblings when it’s doubtful that he can even save himself? And can Abby surrender reason and logic for the folly of love offered by a man who can have any woman he wants but insists he wants only her?

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    “Patricia Rice’s historicals are deliciously fresh, sexy, and fun.”—Mary Jo Putney, author of Not Quite A Wife

     

    “Rice is a master storyteller …A wonderful blend of humor, pathos, adventure, and charm, this page-turner is book one in Rice’s promising Rebellious Sons series.” Shelley Mosley, Booklist —a top ten romance for 2010

     

    “I loved it. It's a heartwarming tale that kept me smiling all the way through. Every character entertains and satisfies, from the engaging scapegrace hero who I loved more and more through the book, his wild and insecure love-child and the loving, down-to-earth heroine, right down to the devious old butler and the dyslexic assassin. It's a sweet, sexy, fun romp with so much heart. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.” Anne Gracie, author of The Winter Bride

     

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBook View Cafe
    Release dateApr 7, 2015
    ISBN9781611384741
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    • 4/5
      Brilliant characters

      Ms Rice has crafted a wonderful story, with masterful insights into human characters. Her hero and heroine are perfectly flawed and a delight to know. You look back on the journey you travel with them with sadness when it's all over.
    • 4/5
      This steamy Regency caught my fancy. The main characters weren't your average titled leads. Fitz is broke and needs a wealthy wife. His future bride is far from wealthy and wants to be reunited with her siblings that have been taken from her as the solicitor believes they need a male presence in their lives.What I appreciated most about the book is there were no easy answers or solutions, although we left the people happy with their situation. What I missed was the clever dialogue found in more traditional Regencies. I enjoyed this book enough that I got the second book in the series.If you like Regencies and don't mind tastefully romantic, steamy scenes, then you should like this book.
    • 5/5
      Fitz Wyckerly has just inherited a destitute earldom. He decides his only chance is to get away from his creditors to obtain the race horse he won in a card game. Unfortunately, his illegitimate daughter Penny gets them thrown off the stage coach into Abigail Merriweather's farm. Abby is trying to find a way to get her four half-siblings back from their guardianship and she and Fitz form an unlikely alliance to come up with the means to take care of all their troubles.Grace Burrowes recommended this book and since I love her books I decided to give this a try, and I'm glad I did. It's a lovely romance with wonderful characters, a good storyline, and terrific writing. I intend to read the next books in the series while I'm waiting for Grace's next book.
    • 3/5
      Youngest son Fitz Wyckerly has inherited his family's enormous debts and hopes to marry a wealthy woman. Granted, his future wife's fortune would only make a small dint in his very large debt, but it will buy him time to learn how to run the estate and make a profit. Being largely ignored and abandoned by his father and brother, Fitz uses his skill with numbers to gamble successfully.Abby is a country squire's daughter who was running the farm and raising her half siblings after her father and step mother's deaths. She is resigned to spinsterhood after the responsibility of four rambunctious children chased of her fiance. Her father's executor believes that a single woman is not capable of raising children. He has them sent to distant but wealthy cousins and Abby is desperate to get them back. She begins to write letters to her father's cousin, a marquess, in hopes he might help her.Unbeknownst to Abby, the marquess has died and the title passed to a different branch of the family. The marquess' widow, Lady Beldon, and the new marqess' youngest son, Lord Quentin, enter into a wager: Lady Beldon will grant women from poorer titled families with an allowance, introduce them to society, and help them choose a good husband. In turn, Lord Quentin will help his titled but penniless friends (all younger sons) marry well.I generally view historic romance as rather silly (unfair, I know), and pick it up when I want some brain candy. The first thing I noticed about this book was its cheesy title and then I thought the hero was pictured naked on the cover! Well, that certainly got my attention. ;) The story seemed a bit different, the cheesy title, and a cover where the heroine has on more clothes than the hero had me hooked. I had a long flight ahead of me and this book looked perfect. The Wicked Wyckerly was actually better than I had anticipated. Yes, Abby was lovely, spunky, and clever but her confidence came from several years of great responsibility. Fitz was handsome and capable, but also had a gift with math that he would have liked to pursue if his father had valued education. Abby and Fitz, were likable, clever, humorous, and not overwhelmingly perfect and beautiful as so many other romance characters. I also appreciated the fact that I couldn't guess the plot turns the story would take. I couldn't figure out how Rice was going to have Fitz end up wealthy when he was so overwhelmingly in debt - because it's a romance novel, we can't have an HEA without an abundance of wealth. There was a bit of light on the horizon, but the hero didn't magically get out of debt, which made me like the story even more. Rice tended to over use certain adjectives and historical slang, but all in all, it was an enjoyable read.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! I loved the characters, the writing, the plot and the idea that there will be more books in the series. Fitz is a younger son who suddenly finds himself Earl of Danecroft and beset with debt. Abby is an older sister of 4 step-siblings taken from her care to live with married guardians after the death of her father – she wants them back. Fitz arrives on Abby’s doorstep with his young daughter by chance and they become acquainted as he works on her farm and plots for the future. Both Fitz and Abby need to marry for money as neither has any and require it to accomplish all they need to do. This is a story that I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved the interaction between Fitz and Abby, the friends of Fitz that showed up and will get their own stories, Lady Isabell and Lord Quentin’s wager and meddling, the scenes that were interesting and well-crafted, the humor, the idea that family is important, and a whole lot more. When I got to the wedding night I wrote: “GREAT wedding night – best ever read!” and that was not due to steamy erotic writing but due to the warmth and thoughtfulness and beauty of it all. I am eager to read more in this series. I have read other books by Patricia Rice and enjoyed them but this one was deeper and more complex. Thank you to the author for the copy of this book to read and review.