Heired Lines by Magan Vernon – a Review

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Description:
Sometimes, you’ve got to take a job with the devil to pay the bills…

Too bad I learned too late the devil wears Armani, is the most uptight man in the history of history, and I just signed an unbreakable contract shackling me to his pompous royal side for the summer.

But God, he’s got this British accent that makes my panties melt.

Until the words he says catch up with my brain and make me want to throw one of his precious vases at his head.

One minute we’re fighting—and the next—we can’t keep our hands off each other. Because somehow, when Mr. Blue Eyes is kissing me, he makes me forget how much he annoys me.

And that starts a whole new level of complications I. Don’t. Need.

Cuz if you dance with the devil, someone’s gonna end up getting burned…

Review:

Debt makes for interesting bedfellows…or makes fools of us all?  Many adages can apply here, as long as they’re centered around love.  Master’s of History in hand, Natalie accepts the offer of Gavin, an English nobleman, to curate precious antiquities of a manor he just inherited. Heired Lines by Magan Vernon is a playful romp about two opposites resistant to cross lines.

The physical attraction was probably instantaneous, if Natalie and Gavin fumbling to set firm business lines following the impromptu job offer is any indication.  Flying from North Carolina to England was a harried decision; one Natalie didn’t make lightly due to her mother’s cancer and mounting hospital bills.  Despite the desperate decision, Natalie finds the research job exhilarating as its steeped in her academic heart.  Enter Gavin, the unexpected passion!  His stoic, reserved charm has set Natalie aflame, and in turn forced Gavin to stay within the parameters of propriety (lest he rile his exacting mother and upend all he’s been primed to uphold).  Gavin acquired her expertise in a professional capacity to adhere to the conditions of the historical society.  What he didn’t anticipate in Natalie was the breath of fresh air, a real contemplation of joy outside royal obligations.  A life-altering conundrum indeed.

“Sometimes you’ve got to take a job with the devil to pay your bills…” I enjoyed this lighthearted book, but its synopsis is rather misleading.  Gavin was pompous, but hardly untoward or dastardly as the moniker implies.  Natalie was a horndog or at the very least, reciprocated Gavin’s sexy musings. ;D  I appreciate the breaking of walls between traditional roles of employer-employee, but pinning Gallagher and Monty Python in the age old whose country produces funnier comedians was painfully cliche.  It’s a sweet read, but 70% into the book and only one peck does not a salacious story make. 

Will Gavin succumb to the pressures of nobility to maintain status quo or forge a new success of Happily Ever After with Natalie? 

Reviewed by Carmen

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