An Inconvenient Earl by Julia London
An Inconvenient Earl by Julia London, book four in her Royal Match series, is a wonderful, enjoyable,
charming, humorous, comedy of errors, tale of avoidance. Emma Clark, Lady Dearborn, finds herself in quite the predicament when
her not-so-nice husband abandons her to go on an expedition to Egypt; leaving
her home to manage the estate and his siblings, his unpleasant sister and sweet
young brother, in his absence. Emma is quite good at keeping her husband
Albert’s estate in excellent working order while he is gone. She is the only person
to know of the death of her abusive husband while he was abroad; finding
herself free for the first time in her life and is reluctant to give up the
chance to enjoy some time before coming clean to the rest of the family about
her new status. She is enjoying the time without her overbearing and inadequate
husband telling her what to do. When a Westlorian Earl named Luka Olivien
arrives on her doorstep, to return her husband’s pocket watch to her, all of
the freedom she has gained is threatened. It was obvious that these two
belonged together but with the small lie Emma created about her husband growing
larger by the minute, it was unsure if they would be able to get a happy ending.
Ms. London wrote a compelling story, except it started off a bit slow for me; with Emma
coming across as being slow, ordinary, and unremarkable. As the story
progressed: more and more was revealed about her; especially how intelligent
she was. Luka was an amazing character: intelligent, caring, and charming. This
story is shines a critical light on societal prejudices of the time. I highly recommend An Inconvenient Earl to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
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