THE TROUBLE WITH INVENTING A VISCOUNT
Historical Romance
Vivienne Lorret
RELEASE DATE:
September 24, 2024
PUBLISHER:
Avon
ISBN/ ASIN NUMBER :
9780063352476
RATING:
4.5
AUTHOR LINK:
https://vivlorret.net/
Oscar Flint is a proficient gambler. He secretly searches
for the father who had abandoned him and his mother. Oscar joins a high-staked
game only to lose to a mysterious woman marauding as a man. He remembers the
story the vixen told him about a long-lost viscount, and he decides to play the
part. Now Oscar must deal with three hostile aunts, an ailing grandmother, and the
lovely woman who bested him at cards. Does Dunnelocke Abbey hold a clue to Oscar’s
ancestry?
Miss Honoria Hartley is the second daughter of a baron. She
uses her betrothal to keep determined suitors at bay. Honoria intends to live
her life freely without a husband. She encounters Oscar one night in Paris
after trouncing him in a card game. The blasted man comes to her hamlet and
assumes the identity of her long-lost betrothed. Can Honoria outwit Oscar at
his own game? Or will she unwittingly lose her heart to handsome gambler? And
what about her betrothal to Vandemere?
Oscar could be labeled as an ‘honest thief’. I admire how
he never went against his principals. Oscar only stole from those who deserve
it (aristocrats or merchants who mistreat others, etc). His gambling and
thievery were for survival, not greed. I like how his childhood did not turn
him into a heartless monster. Oscar still maintained a sense of humanity.
Honoria is a fun character. I like that she is not vain
or stuck on herself. Honoria knows that she is beautiful. She uses it and her
other assets in a good way. I love her interactions with Oscar. He never once
treated her like other men did. Honoria found that she could be herself around
him.
THE TROUBLE WITH INVENTING A VISCOUNT is the second book
in Vivienne Lorret’s historical romance series, THE LIAR’S CLUB. This is my
second foray with this author’s works. I enjoyed the first book immensely. It
made me anticipate the next installment! Boy, oh boy, did this story meet my
expectations. I love the Hartley family’s eccentricity. They are not your
average regency-era aristocratic family. Magnus and Verity do make an appearance
in the story. I like how not all their problems were solved in the prior book.
I wonder which Hartley is next. Truman? Or Thea? And what
type of person they will be paired with. I still hope (crossing my fingers
here) that Ms Lorret will consider writing a book for Rowan and Anna.
