The Unwanted Heiress by Amy Corwin is the first book
in the Archer Family Regency romance series. It is the story of an American
heiress that no one wants and a duke who is desired by every woman around him
and yet he desires none of them. The story opens as Nathaniel Archer, the Duke
of Peckham is playing cards with his uncle at a gentleman’s club when his uncle
wins the guardianship of an American heiress. Charlotte Haywood has been
bounced from household to household since her parents died when she was three
years old. Now 21, she is three years from gaining her inheritance and her
freedom. Since he is used to every woman clamoring for his attention, he is
suspicious of Charlotte’s indifference. Surely, it’s a ploy to catch him off
guard. Charlotte is truly unimpressed by his title and wants nothing to do with
England. As soon as she can, she wants to travel and leave dreary England far
behind her. The two are throw together after a young woman who was trying to
capture Nathanial’s attention is murdered and Nathanial’s attitude toward women
makes him an instant suspect. Can they prove his innocence? Is the killer after
Charlotte too?
The Unwanted Heiress was previously published as I
Bid One American and I am sad to say it was a very boring book. I’ve read
romance novels before where the male protagonist is uninterested in marriage
and the heroine has no desire to be swept off her feet by money and title. It’s
a formula that has been used before. Unfortunately, this story is not live up
to it’s description. Very early on, it was difficult to get must the author’s
misspelling of a famous England town. The author spelled the name of town as
Brighten when the town is Brighton. The story showed a lack of real research in
what English society during the Regency era would have been like. The hunt for
the real killer and prove Nathanial’s innocence was anticlimactic. As I read, I
found myself not caring about Nathanial or Charlotte or if they catch the real
killer. I did not like The Unwanted Heiress and I do not recommend it.
The Unwanted
Heiress
is available in
paperback, eBook and audiobook
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