![]() ![]() Hugh plans on earning the money for Edith’s dowry by gaming at the Vega Club. ![]() Rather than tell his family what happened, Hugh resolves to take on all their financial burdens alone so that his mom and sisters can continue to think that Daddy Deveraux was a great guy. ![]() This is especially problematic as his older sister, Edith, is out in society and very nearly engaged. Hugh doesn’t have the money to feed his family, and both of his sister’s dowries have been spent. When Hugh Deveraux’s father dies, Hugh inherits his Earldom and discovers that his father left the family so deeply in debt that it’s unlikely he can recover from it. This book gave me a lot of second-hand embarrassment. I really struggled with this plot and with finding any empathy for the hero, and I spent a lot of the book cringing internally over the humiliation the heroine would ultimately face. An Earl Like You by Caroline Linden is the second book in the Wagers of Sin series and features a plot where the hero is involved in deceiving the heroine in a significant way. ![]()
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