To Woo and to Wed
A Novel
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4.4 • 27 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The final installment in the “hilarious and steamy” (PopSugar) Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.
West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West’s almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course.
Now recently widowed, Sophie has put aside all thoughts of romance. But when her widowed sister, Alexandra, mentions a fondness for an earl, Sophie realizes that she may be holding her sister back. Alexandra won’t move forward with an engagement until Sophie, too, settles down again, and so Sophie approaches West with a plan. They will announce their engagement and break things off once Alexandra is happily married. It’ll be simple. After all, it’s not like she is going to fall for West a second time, not when Sophie has sworn not to risk her heart again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Waters concludes her Regency Vows series (after To Swoon and To Spar) with an effervescent fake relationship romance. Widowed Lady Sophie Bridewell fears that her sister Alexandra won't accept a marriage proposal from the Earl of Blackford out of sympathy for Sophie's perceived loneliness. To put her sister's fears to rest, Sophie asks West, the Marquess of Weston and the man she was almost engaged to seven years before when she instead married Lord Fitzwilliam Bridewell, if he would pretend to be engaged to her. West, who still harbors feelings for Sophie, agrees, determined to convince her to make their engagement real, despite his father the Duke of Dovington's continued objections and threats to sell off his son's beloved country home. Sophie has their eventual breakup all planned out, but things get complicated when Alexandra requests a double wedding, complete with over-the-top gowns and white horses upon which to "ride off into the sunset." Sophie is a refreshingly candid protagonist, whose ability to stand up to the duke is evenly matched with the care and concern she has for her sisters. Waters's fans will be sad to see this series end but deeply satisfied by this fetching finale.
