A Brilliant Match

The Earl's Sisters, Book 1

By: Jennie Goutet

Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman

A love match would not do. She would make an advantageous match—a brilliant match!

At the age of nineteen, Lady Dorothea Rowlandson was practically on the shelf. Had she not suffered her father, the earl’s, untimely death weeks before last year’s season, she would surely by now be a married lady—the established wife of an illustrious peer. With such a regrettable delay, time was ever more of the essence if she wished to secure her own future and that of her sisters.

Miles Shaw holds an encumbered estate. It is only logical, therefore, that he commence the London Season on the hunt for a well-dowered wife. His personal code of honor requires he be upfront about this goal, so that he deceives no one. And as he fully intends to love and cherish the wife of his choosing, he will naturally bring as much to the union as he receives. After all, he is a landed gentleman with no shortage of charm.

When chance forced Miles and Dorothea to partner one another for the first dance of the first crush of the season, Fortuna could only have been in a funning mood. To have fostered so unsuitable a connection was nothing short of absurd. For what could a peer of the realm’s daughter and a gentleman of no consequence, with his pockets to let, possibly have in common?

©2023 Jennie Goutet (P)2025 Millefeuille Press

A good book with a terrible FMC

[3.5 stars]
This is a good book with smooth writing and solid character development. Unfortunately, I found the FMC so wholly unlikeable that I spent most of the book affronted, murmuring about how ridiculous and terrible she is. She’s prideful, judgmental, elitist, and condescending. Well written (for that was the intent), but near torture to endure. The MMC was excellent, but that only served to make me despise the FMC more.

The pace is a little slow, but maybe that was just me wanting to get to the personal growth the FMC so desperately needed (and was VERY long in coming).

For those who enjoy audiobooks, the narrator does an excellent job.

Content:
There’s no foul language, sex, or violence. The romance is limited to lightly descriptive kisses. There is no mention of faith or God