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this one. Very captivating Carino, ma niente di che, Se lavete potete leggerlo, in caso contrario potete benissimo fare a meno di andarvelo a cercare, A slightly different take on a revenge story that was quite enjoyable,.rounded up. This is one of those books I am unsure what to rate it much less review it.
If you are a Heyer fan this is the dark side compared to her books, Lucy was a wonderful heroine and James seemed grouchy a lot, My favorite character was Fitch, he was a true friend, Other characters were wonderful as well, And the villains were despicable,

There was instalust from the beginning and the steam level was up at the end.
That cost it a star, This was my first book by this author and she writes a good story James, Earl of Cambourne, has found out that a card sharp sold his cousin's vowels to a Very Bad Man who had said cousin beat up and probably had another young man killed.
James decides he's going to fuck some people up so his cousin doesn't get killed, but on his way to fucking the card sharp up, he discovers that the card sharp has a very attractive and innocent daughter named Lucy.
Naturally they fall in love, James offers her his protection, and Lucy has to decide if she's willing to give up every hope of respectability for love.


It's a pretty standard Regency, if one that goes more into class and poverty issues than most, and would be pretty bogstandard were it not for the inclusion of Charles James Fox, a favorite Regency politician of mine, and his mistress, Elizabeth Armistad, one of my very favorite historical women ever.
They're both historical people, and their love story is really very sweet, I'd highly recommend looking them up on their own, Their appearance in this book bumped it up from okay to a recommended read, Harlequin Historical is not my genre of choice, Has not been in many years, The reason I stopped reading this particularly series is that there was no growth or interest for me.
After reading In Debt to the Earl by Elizabeth Rolls, I just might take another look, James has an agenda. To make his enemy pay by any means necessary, Lucy has a goal to survive the life she was born into with her head held high and her heart intact despite her father's abuse.
Lucy sold this story for me, Her ordeal broke my heart but it also was wonderful to see a woman become stronger in mind, body and spirit.
That is the type of heroine that is motivating to anyone that is facing adversity, I received an ARC of In Debt to the Earl in exchange for an honest review, The redemption and healing they needed was where they least expected to find it, "If you wish, I can take you out of all this, "

In his quest for revenge against a disreputable card sharp, James, Earl of Cambourne, discovers the man's innocent daughter.
While her surroundings are impoverished, her dignity and refinement are unmistakable, and James faces an unsettling questionwhat will be her fate if he brings her father to justice

Although yearning for love and comfort, Lucy resists the earl's surprising offer of protection.
That is until a price is made on her virginity, and James is the only man who can save her.
Based upon revenge, In Debt to the Earl by Elizabeth Rolls, begins with a Captain Hensleigh losing an insane amount of money in a card game to James Remington , the Earl of Cambourne.
When James attempts to collect on Hensleigh's debt, he is met with a willful young lady who he assumes is Hensleigh's mistress.
When the earl discovers that the young lady is in fact Hensleigh's daughter Lucy, he is angered to find the young woman abandoned by her father and left with little to survive.


James cannot abide with the situation Lucy is left with, but he also cannot abide by the inevitable fact that Lucy's father was involved with James' cousin being beaten after a losing card game and he will get to the bottom of that crime and do whatever needs to be done to the culprits who dare to hurt his blood.
Meanwhile, he is so taken with Lucy's predicament, that he decides to take care of her by paying her back rents and making sure she is fed and clothed.
Unfortunately, this kind of care leaves the wrong impression with those surrounding Lucy, thinking that she is now James' kept woman.
James needs to make this right, Lucy is an honorable woman in a bad circumstance and James' emotions begin to flare, not only in protective mode, but with need.
Knowing that the only correct thing to do is court the young woman, James makes Lucy distrust the reasons why he wants to take care of her.
She has already been betrayed by her own father and another betrayal would just break her,

Now indebted to James, Lucy struggles with her own feelings for the earl and for those of her situation and James struggles to come to terms with dealing with Lucy and those who have done his family wrong.


In Debt to The Earl by Elizabeth Rolls is a well written read that left me wanting more.
I didn't really feel for either James or Lucy deeply, I would have liked to get to know them better, This is the first book by Elizabeth Rolls that I have read and I am most definitely going to read more from her, as I do feel that this book had promise and I truly want to give Ms.
Rolls another go.

KIMBERLY Not one of her best, but since the first book I read by her, she is by far one of my favorite regency romance writer.


Non il suo libro migliore, ma comunque, dal suo primo romanzo in poi, lei é sempre stata una delle mie scrittrici preferite.


THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND HARLEQUIN USampCANADA FOR THE PREVIEW! A very satisfying Regency, with many of the elements one seeks in these stories: Visits to Vauxhall, a society prizing manners over morality, Captain Sharps and gambling dens, and women who have to make tough life choices in a world dominated by men.


Elizabeth Rolls is writing the kind of Regency romance we don't see often enough these days.
Yesss the angst, the downtrodden, selfless heroine, this was right up my alley even if it didnt quite cater to my usual taste in tropes.
I really enjoy this author! Rescuing the maiden Her father is a disreputable card sharp, James, Earl of Cambourne is hunting him.
  When he finds Lucy he can't help himself from wanting to rescue her,   This complicates both of their lives, Eventually her father's cronies lead her into danger,
 
It's interesting and exciting and I enjoyed the read, This could have

been great, but it wasn't, Really a good romance

Loved the H and the h, She was strong and so was he, The story was your typical Lord falling in love with a lower class woman but this was so much more really.
Fitch her young friend was one of my favorite characters and I loved every scene he was in.
The scene at the end with Lord Cambourn and him in the stable was precious, I loved it. The whole story felt like a Pretty Woman scenario except Lucy, the h, was a virgin, There are evil villains galore and a lot of angst in places but you always knew, even when he didn't, that he loved her.
The ending evoked a nice 'sigh' from me and I haven't done that in a while, Loved this book. I got through this novel pretty quickly, The characters were interesting and I especially liked that the father was a bit of the bad guy in it.
It throws the whole story on a different axis, The only thing I really wish is that it had been fleshed out a little more, There were hints of a lot of themes, but they weren't really followed through, I'm a sucker for any novel featuring Charles Fox and Elizabeth Armistead, .Stars

Elizabeth Rolls is an author whose books Ive enjoyed in the past, and In Debt to the Earl was no exception, although there were some aspects of it that didnt quite work for me.
The story is engaging and welltold, although the characterisation is a little weak and while the author certainly addresses some interesting themes the gap between rich and poor and womens lack of agency they are somewhat glossed over and left me feeling a little unsatisfied by the end.


When his young cousin is badly beaten up on the streets, James Remington, Earl of Cambourne determines to find the man responsible and bring him to justice.
His cousin owed a gambling debt to a Captain Hensleigh, but James discovers that Hensleigh had sold his cousins notes of hand to a crimelord named Kilby who arranged the beating when payment was not forthcoming.


The earl begins by going to the seedy gambling den where Hensleigh is to be found and wins a large sum of money off him at cards.
After accepting Hensleighs vowels, James tracks the man to his cheap, dingy lodgings where he is surprised to encounter a rather lovely young woman he at first assumes to be Hensleighs mistress.
He is shocked to discover that she is in fact Hensleighs daughter and even moreso when he realises that the “captain” has abandoned the girl to such poverty and squalor.


At first James sees Lucy simply as a means to an end, believing that if he hangs around for long enough, Hensleigh will return and he James will be able to use him to get to Kilby, who, he has discovered, not only ordered the attack on his cousin, but who also caused the death of another young man in similar circumstances.
But Lucys speech and manners clearly indicate that she was not born to such hardship and he finds himself increasingly curious and drawn to her.
Horrified at her having so little, he insists on paying her rent and buying food and coal, but his wellintentioned actions only make things more difficult for Lucy when her landlady assumes shes entertaining this handsome young gentleman on her back.


Lucy is initially suspicious of Cambournes motives in continuing to visit her, Shes proud and doesnt want his charity, but she also cant deny the strong pull of attraction she feels towards him, at the same time as she admits that a man of his station is well beyond her reach.
James is equally smitten, and, wanting to give her a better life, decides to offer her carte blanche.
Yet he doesnt want her agreeing to become his mistress because she feels indebted to him, and sets about courting her properly.
He wants her to want him as much as he desires her, so when he makes his proposition, he makes it very clear that his offer is independent of his dealings with her father and that Lucy has a choice.
But, secure in his far more comfortable life, James fails to see that in spite of his scruples, Lucy has no choice at all.
She can become his mistress and live in comfort and safety, or she can starve and probably end up walking the streets.
This aspect of the story is perhaps a little uncomfortable, but I suspect its intended to be James genuinely does want Lucy to come to him because she wants to, but doesnt give any real consideration to what her life will be if she agrees.


The authors depictions of the poverty endured by so many are wellwritten and really bring home to the reader the dreadful conditions in which so many people lived at this time.
Lucy and James are likeable characters in spite of James wrongheadedness and Lucys struggle to decide between temporary luxury in the arms of the man she loves and a blackened reputation, or remaining true to the values with which she has been brought up, feels quite realistic.


In Debt to the Earl is not my favourite book by Ms Rolls, but its a quick and entertaining read, featuring a strong storyline and a sweetly sensual central romance.


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