In not marrying Evie he’s part protecting her from his reputation and the cutting she would surely endure day after day and part protecting himself. He’s very passionate about the inequality that exists and scorns the attitudes of the upper class in regards to those considered below them. Richard doesn’t restrict his company to the Ton and often consorts with the lowest of the low, for personal reasons.

When they met, Richard was but a lowly second son but the death of his brother has elevated him to Marquess and so now he might be considered a good match – if he didn’t have so terrible a reputation. The darling of the social season, Evie was expected to make a good match in her first year but she’s seen off titled man after titled man in order to always keep her eye on the prize she really wants – Richard. The two of them developed a friendship in which Richard has helped Evie spurn several unwanted suitors.

Readers also got to witness a few interactions between Lady Evie and the rather bitter Marquess of Westfall and so since that first book, I’ve been waiting for this one.Įvie and Richard first met when Evie was just about to turn sixteen and although he was attracted to her, Richard has always been careful to keep his distance, something that grow more difficult as time goes by. Before too long he is faced with making an impossible choice…Įek, I can’t believe I missed this book being published! I’ve read the first two and Lady Evie actually plays quite a pivotal role in that first book when she deliberately sends her friend Lady Adeline into the wrong room in her large house. Despite Richard’s determination to protect her from his dastardly reputation, he is tested at every turn by his need for the infuriating, but enticing, Lady Evie. So when the gorgeous, off-limits Evie asks him for lessons in seduction, Richard knows he’s playing with fire. Richard Maitland decided long ago that he wanted nothing to do with love. When circumstances change and Evie has no choice but to take a husband, she decides to convince London’s most notorious gentleman to marry her by seducing the scoundrel. But the dark, dangerous marquess only sees her as a friend and refuses to marry any woman. She’s been desperately in love with her brother’s friend, Richard Maitland, Marquess of Westfall, since forever.

Lady Evie Chesterfield is a darling of the ton who refuses to become engaged. How To Marry A Marquess (Wedded By Scandal #3)īlurb :

How to Marry a Marquess by Stacy Reid