The Lady and The Laird by Nicola Cornick
Lady Lucy MacMorlan may have forsworn men and marriage, but that doesn't mean she won't agree to profit from writing love letters for her brother's friends - letters that become increasingly racy as her fame grows. That is, until she deliberately ruins the betrothal of a notorious laird, Robert, Marquis of Methven.
Past centuries of bloodshed have left the Methven and MacMorlan families bitter enemies and Robert is furious that Lady Lucy's letters have cost him the bride he needs so urgently to save his ancestral clan lands. Now he makes Lucy a shocking proposal; in return for his silence she must become his wife and provide him with the heir he needs. It is an inconvenient marriage of convenience but can the rugged laird and the bluestocking beauty fight against the power of love?**
I was given this book as an ARC in return for an honest review.
Lady Lucy was betrothed and then he died so she swore of men. Never wanting to marry, bear children and never to fall in love. Being in love meant that you could get hurt, that you were vulnerable. Her brother begs her to write a letter to the woman he loves but is to marry another. The type of letter that causes scandals, and in the end caused a girl to leave her betrothed for Lucy's brother.
Lord Robert was that betrothed, and he needed that woman to marry him in order to inherit all of his lands. There were strict rules for him to inherit and Lady Lucy was his last hope. He knew that she was the reason behind his disaster of a wedding. Even with all of this he wanted her. He had always wanted her, even when she was younger.
It was really fun seeing Robert coax Lucy out of her fears and in to love with him. Watching their relationship of ups and downs and watching them learn how to love and how to be married was a treat. I felt like I was right there in the book watching it as it happened.
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