📖 Blog Tour ~ The Viscount and the Thief by Emma Orchard

Boldwood Books
11 November 2024

Thanks to the publisher and Rachel's Random Resources for the book
and the invitation to the blog tour

Spring, 1811... A stranger arrives at Wyverne Hall

Sophie Delavallois is the new companion to the ageing Dowager Marchioness, but she also has another reason for coming to the infamous Wyverne mansion, one that will shake the family to their core.

Lord Drake left his childhood home many years ago, and only returns now to see his beloved grandmother. He takes little interest in the goings on of the house, until the arrival of Mademoiselle Delavallois. There’s something about her that he can’t put his finger on; it's as if he’s seen her before, but surely, that is not possible…

Sophie is also drawn to Drake, but he is a Wyverne, and she cannot allow herself to fall for him, because her intentions towards the family are resolute – revenge. But inside the walls of Wyverne Hall, she discovers the rumours about the family barely scratch the surface, and she can’t escape the dangerous allure of the Viscount.

Once her plans are set in motion, will he be her saviour or her ruin?

📖 Book Review

Sophie Delavallois has accepted the post of companion to the aging Dowager Marchioness but enters the Wyvern mansion with some trepidation as the family’s reputation is somewhat disreputable. However, Sophie has her own special reason for entering into this den of iniquity and nothing, and no-one, is going to get in her way. 

When Sophie meets Lord Drake, heir to Wyvern estate, she is determined to carry out her mission but with an instant attraction flaring between them, this is going to make her quest to seek revenge on Drake’s family all the more difficult. Sophie is a determined heroine with a real sense of bravado but it is in her relationship with the handsome Lord Drake where the story really starts to come together.

As always, this talented author has captured the essence of Regency England and with a style all of her own she delivers a lively romp, which is rich filled with an abundance of fascinating characters, not all of whom are very likeable, with the exception of the Marchioness, who is definitely someone I would have liked to have encountered in real life. 

I have found much to enjoy in this thrilling Regency romance, it’s filled with delicious intrigue, smouldering passion and a real hint of danger which kept me entertained from first page to last. I’m already looking forward to the next Regency mystery/romance from Emma Orchard😊

About the Author

Emma Orchard grew up in Salford and was given tickets to the grown-up library at the age of 11 because she’d read all the children’s books and the librarians were sick of the sight of her. She became obsessed with Georgette Heyer and hasn’t stopped reading her novels since. She studied English Literature at university and went on to work at Mills & Boon and behind the scenes in television and in publishing.

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