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Never Fall for Your Fiancee

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"Filled with fabulously British banter, wit, and heart, this delightful book is one of my must-read rom coms of the year." - Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Portrait of a Scotsman

"Virginia Heath's fun characters and situations will have you laughing out loud! Don't miss this wonderful read!" - Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author


The first in a new historical rom-com series, a handsome earl hires a fake fiancée to keep his matchmaking mother at bay, but hilarity ensues when love threatens to complicate everything.

The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to find him one, even from across the other side of the ocean. So Hugh invents a fake fiancée to keep his mother's matchmaking ways at bay. But when Hugh learns his interfering mother is on a ship bound for England, he realizes his complicated, convoluted but convenient ruse is about to implode. Until he collides with a beautiful woman, who might just be the miracle he needs.
Minerva Merriwell has had to struggle to support herself and her two younger sisters ever since their feckless father abandoned them. Work as a woodcut engraver is few and far between, and the Merriwell sisters are nearly penniless. So when Hugh asks Minerva to pose as his fiancée while his mother is visiting, she knows that while the scheme sounds ludicrous, the offer is too good to pass up.
Once Minerva and her sisters arrive at Hugh's estate, of course nothing goes according to his meticulous plan. As hilarity and miscommunication ensue while everyone tries to keep their tangled stories straight, Hugh and Minerva's fake engagement starts to turn into a real romance. But can they trust each other when their relationship started with a lie? The first book in the Merriwell Sisters series, Never Fall for Your Fiancée is a hilarious, sparkling historical romantic comedy from Virginia Heath.

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    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2021

      You can't break someone's heart with your inevitable dalliances if you never get married. At least that's what Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, believes. He has done everything he can think of to dissuade potential matches, including playing the part of a rake and inventing a fianc� to appease his meddling mother. After two years of this increasingly convoluted charade, his mother is returning from America and Hugh is sure the jig is up. When he bumps into Minerva Merriwell, who shares a name and bearing with his invented betrothed, Hugh offers to pay her 40 pounds to pretend to be his fianc�. Minerva has her own reasons to not trust men, even ones as honest about their faults as Hugh, but she's down to her very last shilling and the money would be life-altering for her and her sisters. Between Hugh's determined mother and Minerva's outspoken sisters, keeping the charade afloat means frequent meetings between the pair to determine their next steps. As planning turns to flirting, Hugh begins to wonder if he can break the family history of philandering while Minerva remains unsure if Hugh can be better than the men in her past. VERDICT Readers will relish this engaging, late Regency romcom's witty duo as they navigate escalating mishaps and growing feelings. Heath ("The King's Elite" series) has set the stage for an enjoyable new series.--Kellie Tilton, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash

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    • Booklist

      October 1, 2021
      Fans of Heath's category historicals will enjoy the first installment in her Merriwell Sisters series, an historical rom-com with refreshingly witty banter. Minerva Merriwell, a woodcut engraver and illustrator, has struggled to make ends meet for herself and her two sisters after their ne'er-do-well father abandoned them. Hugh Standish, the earl of Fareham, is convinced that he has inherited his father's hurtful, philandering ways and has concluded that he simply cannot have an honorable, committed relationship with a woman. To thwart his mother's matchmaking efforts, he invents a fianc�e and elaborately embellishes the story. He is horrified when his mother decides to visit him, so he is considerably relieved when he meets Minerva, who is willing to pretend to be his fianc�e. After much coaching and heated exchanges of words and looks, the dreaded meeting with his mother takes place, and a laugh-out-loud farce follows. The protagonists are alternately at daggers drawn and pining for each other amidst plenty of shenanigans. Heath has imbued this engrossing story with her customary humor and pathos. �

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 11, 2021
      Heath (How Not to Chaperone a Lady) launches a historical rom-com series with this fun, charming tale of a lie spun wildly out of control. Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, has resolved never to marry, but his headstrong mother is determined to find him a wife. To evade her long-distance matchmaking, Hugh invents a fiancée named Minerva, whom he describes in detailed letters over the course of two years. Then his mother announces her intention to visit and finally meet Hugh's intended. Luckily for him, he happens to meet the beautiful but impoverished artist Minerva Merriwell, who agrees to pose as Hugh's fiancée and, when the time is right, stage a broken engagement in exchange for 40 pounds. Unluckily for him, he and Minerva have a genuine connection, and his fake fiancée may wind up a greater threat to his independence than his meddling mother. Their ruse is also complicated by the delightful cast of supporting characters, including Hugh's disdainful butler, Minerva's difficult younger sisters, and the showboating actor Hugh hires to play their mother. Heath's sole misstep is an overreliance on miscommunication to drive the plot, but the farcical group scenes will have readers laughing out loud. This is well worth a look. Agent: Kevan Lyon, Marsal Lyon Literary.

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