Earl Grafton and the Traitor

About the Book: 

When love arrives in the form of an enemy, who knew it would be covered in mud?

Baxter Fernley, the Earl of Grafton, takes his duty as a member of the ton with the utmost sincerity, even if King George III has lost his mind. As a respected member of the peerage and the local magistrate, his life has order and meaning until an unruly American woman with a muddy skirt falls at his feet in what he believes to be an attempt at trapping him in marriage.

Briar Kensington thought England was boring until her impolite neighbor knocked her down and threw unfounded accusations at her like a mud-slinging fool. When she overhears the man's claim that she might be the cause of King George's state of insanity, Briar decides she wants nothing to do with him, even if it was said in jest.

Baxter despises almost everything about his traitorous American neighbor, everything except her beauty and strong will. Briar finds Baxter to be an infuriating man without any common sense, even if she does admire his strength of character and loyalty to family and duty. When they agree to be civil, their awkward first meeting is forgotten and these enemies find themselves hoping for love.

My Thoughts: 

This is a fun romance with lots of bumps for Briar Kensington and Lord Baxter Fernley. Briar was a lonely young woman who had recently lost her parents and was brought to England to live with her grandfather. She and Baxter meet under unusual circumstances and get off to a bad start. The fun begins when Briar and Baxter are forced to see each other daily.

Baxter had six other brothers and I enjoyed getting to see a little of each of them and how they all interact. I am looking forward to seeing each of them in future stories. Gigi, Baxter's mother, is a wonderful matriarch and was just the kind of woman that Briar needed in her life to help her heal after the death of her parents.

I recommend reading this book if you like clean Regency romances, large families, and enemies to happy ever after stories. It's a quick read and I think you will like seeing how love brings out the best in Briar and Baxter.