Enchanting the Earl

Theo could have tossed them out with nothing but the clothes on their backs if he'd truly wanted to.

I don't read much in the way of straight historical romances anymore - mostly for the reason indicated in that quote. I like romances between equals, and seldom is there any way in straight historical romances for a man and a woman to be equal in the eyes of the law - regardless of anything else.

I did like the book - more of a 3 ½ stars, rounded up because it was fun - and I like Annabel and Theo both as characters and their romance. There's good banter and great secondary characters (super excited to get the other Townsends' stories). And I am oddly happy that they are basically the same height.

I do wish the lust had been toned down at the beginning - but I feel that about 97% of the romance novels I read - and I think they jumped into the ‘madly in love' part way too quick - but this was enjoyable enough.