Review: Charlotte's Control by Maggie Sims

 

A young rake soon to inherit an impoverished estate…a lonely widow unable to produce an heir…a love they must renounce.

Widowed at thirty, Charlotte, Dowager Countess of Peterborough, finds herself on the lonely edge of Society, caught between the young chits vying for a husband and older matrons. In a moment of vulnerability, she meets a young rake who tempts her to forget propriety and reclaim her feminine powers of seduction…for a while. Their affair can only last until he marries a wealthy debutante who can give him what Charlotte cannot. An heir.

In his final year at Oxford, William Stanton, heir to the Earl of Harrington, is forced to manage the earldom for his drunken father and provide for his family. With the prospect of an advantageous marriage looming in his future, he yearns for the frivolity of his peers. But when he encounters a lovely widow, he’s drawn to her keen mind as much as he is to her beauty. She believes they are destined to part. To keep her, he must battle Fate, time, and the rules of Society that conspire against them.

My Review

Charlotte's Control by Maggie Sims
My rating: 4 of 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Wow! Lady Charlotte really surprised me! She felt like a strong character in other books and in this book we got to see her venerable side. Her strength was still there it just came across differently. Loved that William was persistent and when he finally professed his love for her, swoon!

One look at her and William is smitten!

Charlotte, the Dowager Countess of Peterborough, is making her way back into society when she meets a young rake.

William, heir to the Earl of Harrington, has been managing the earldom for his drunken father. With his final year at Oxford coming and the prospect of a suitable marriage looming means he longs for the levity of his peers.

He's drawn to her sharp mind as much as he is to her beauty. But their affair can only last for so long. Because he needs to marry a young debutante capable of giving him heirs. Something she and her late husband were never able to do.

But life has other plans for them.

Thanks so much to the author for this ARC to review.

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