Gillian, Lady Wright, after falling in love with Brian Rason, the Earl of Wright, then marries him only to find out that he loves another and plans to leave her to go to Europe to fight in the war and take the woman he loves as his mistress. Now she is ready to take a lover, a hansome spaniard who stirs up her heart, and she knows that she can find happiness with him. Brian has returned to London, and has been sending her requests to return to his side, however after all the years he has ignored her, she plans on the doing the same to him as well. But then he comes to her to take her home with him. Brian, Earl of Wright, after finding out that his mistress betrayed him, and left behind a situation where he will need his wife's help, he goes to her to bring her to London, because he is at a loss at what to do, and knows that she is the only one that can help him, despite all the hurt he has caused her. But Brian has only one month to prove to Gillian, his love for her, and to have her feel the same in return. The Earl Claims His Wife by Cathy Maxwell is a wonderfully written love story, that stir up emotions in any reader. This is the second installment of the Scandals and Seduction series. As with most of Cathy Maxwwell's novels, I found this to be a intriguing and romantic read, that had me cheering for both of the main characters. We have the hero, who is fighting for the life of a innocent and the heroine, who yearns for love and children. So when she agree's to the one month agreement, she never realized that her heart would once more be threatened by Brian, knowing that she can't resist his charms or his heart. The Earl Claims His Wife was a wonderful romance, a well written story, with endearing characters. I have loved every book by Ms Maxwell thus far. And don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this one as well. But it fell short for me because of her mistreatment of Andres. I felt so horrible for him! If that whole scenario was written differently then this book would easily be 4 stars. But the book ended not with me feeling giddy over the HEA, but with me almost in tears for Andres. And that alone made me drop from 4 stars to only 2.
What do You think about The Earl Claims His Wife (2009)?
This book was fun! She does a GREAT job on that angsty feeling that I love so much.
—nemosh18
A fun romp and well-written. Lovers of romance would do well with this tale. =)
—SaturnineTenshi
the main story was good but parts seemed choppy and stunted
—Ricky
