I couldn’t tell you how many times he was described as “wicked.” But we’re given no proof of either of these things. We’re assured that Adam loves Charlotte, and has for years, but he’s still a “wicked” rogue. However, it just makes so many missteps it was difficult to enjoy. The basic set-up of the story is, if not particularly original, at least tried-and-true.
So he tricks Charlotte into coming to visit his French-speaking grandmother as his “fiancé,” but when an impromptu (and fake) wedding ceremony turns up binding, Adam and Charlotte must face these new circumstances and figure out what to do. His senile grandmother is demanding he marry, or she’ll leave him penniless. However, Adam needs to find a wife, and quickly. In truth, Adam is in love with Charlotte – and has been for years. Charlotte thinks Adam is in love with someone else, so she offers to help “reform” his wicked ways in order to win her hand. Adam Faramond, Earl of Rothbury, rescues her from abject humiliation, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. Instead, To Wed a Wicked Earl has a tendency to wander in circles, skip over parts, and jump into places it doesn’t belong.Ĭharlotte Greene is a well-known (but gorgeous) wallflower who is jilted in a bizarre and anachronistic Bachelor-like competition (complete with roses) to win the hand of the brother of a duke. But can she uncover the truth about the mysterious woman she seeks? And is there anyone at Hurstwell she can trust with her suspicions?įan-favorite Joanna Davidson Politano casts a delightful spell with this lyrical look into the nature of women's independence and artistic expression during the Victorian era-and now.Usually when you read a book, you expect the plot to go somewhere. She hears music no one else does, receives strange missives with rose petals between the pages, and untangles far more than is safe for her to know.
The longer she lingers in the deep shadows and forgotten towers at Hurstwell, the fuzzier the line between sanity and madness becomes.
The woman's portrait is shockingly familiar to Vivienne, so when the asylum claims she was never a patient there, Vivienne is compelled to discover what happened to the figure she remembers from childhood dreams. The woman is supposedly a patient at Hurstwell Asylum. When concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant's father dies, he leaves to her the care of an adult ward she knew nothing about. The Lost Melody - A Novel Joanna Davidson Politano
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