Furious at grandmother’s ultimatum to marry or lose his inheritance, Lord Jarret Sharpe wagers his luck—and his heart—at the card table against a most unlikely opponent.
Mired in scandal after his parents’ mysterious deaths, notorious gambler Lord Jarret Sharpe agrees to tamely run the family’s brewery for a year if his Machiavellian grandmother rescinds her ultimatum that he marry. But the gambler in him can’t resist when beguiling Annabel Lake proposes a wager. If she wins their card game, he must help save her family’s foundering brewery. But if he wins, she must spend a night in his bed. The outcome sets off a chain of events that threatens to destroy all his plans…and unveils the secret Annabel has held for so long. When Jarret discovers the darker reason behind her wager, he forces her into another one—and this time he intends to win not just her body, but her heart.
This is book two in the Hellions of Halstead Hall series or the Sharpe Family. The first book was The Secret Life of Lord Stoneville. I can't remember if I put a review up here or not....*blank look* oh well it's late and I'm tired so I really don't feel the need to tax my brain any further!
This book is about Jarrett Sharpe. After the mysterious deaths of his parents and after having been told by his grandmother that at the age of 13 he was too young to run the family brewery Jarrett Sharpe and finds himself pretty damned good at cards. So then he finds himself 19 years later and having spent his life gambling, wenching (ohhh I love that word, LOL). He has made a living out of it. But soon his grandmother gives an ultimate to all the Sharpe children - "marry in one year or lose their inheritance". Luckily Jarrett is able to maneuver around this by agreeing to run the brewery for a year.
Soon he runs into Annabel Lake whose family brewery is struggling and has decided to turn to Plumtree Brewery for help. She thinks she will find Lady Plumtree at the helm but who she finds is none other than Jarrett Sharpe. He first refuses her scheme to sell to the East but concedes and agrees to speak to his grandmother. But Annabel is desperate and she agrees to a wager...beat him at cards and he helps Lake Ale but if he wins she must share his bed. *gasp*...juicy, no??
Well with a stroke of luck (and also with the help of nagging of his friends) Jarrett loses. So he sets out to help Annabel and her brewery. Soon he discovers that Anna is full of surprises and mysteries. Her family is hiding several secrets. One she lies and says her brother is ill that is why he can't run the brewery but in fact he is just a drunk. And second Anna at a young age falls for a man who after "taking certain liberties" joins the army and is killed but Anna finds herself pregnant and to save her child the humilation of being labeled a bastard her brother and sister in law make it seem as if the child is theirs.
He is furious at her deceit but also he realizes he understands her reasoning behind it and also she melts his heart like no other and for the first time he is willing to gamble with his heart.
I truly liked Jarret and Annabel although there were a few times I wanted to bop her on the head but then she would redeem herself and I would breathe a sigh of relief.
Also the back of the book had an excerpt for Minerva's book (she is my fave) and I cannot wait to read it!!
But if you want to read Jarrett and Anna's story just go here --> A Hellion in Her Bed (Hellions of Halstead Hall)
and if you are saying I didn't read the first one then go here to read Oliver's story -->The Truth About Lord Stoneville (Hellions of Halstead Hall)
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Currently Reading: The Surrender of a Lady by Tiffany Clare
Up Next: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (gotta throw in something other than a romance to keep me from getting bored)
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