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A Wicked Earl's Widow (Once Upon A Widow Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Aubrey Wynne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Eliza is forced into marriage with no idea her life will change for the better. Married less than a year, her unwilling rake of a husband is surprisingly kind to her—until his sudden death. The widowed Countess of Sunderland remains under her in-laws’ protection to raise her newborn daughter. But her abusive father is on the brink of financial ruin and has plans for another wedding.
Nathaniel, Viscount of Pendleton, gains his title at the age of 12. His kindly but shrewd estate manager becomes father and mentor, instilling in the boy an astute sense of responsibility and compassion for his tenants. Fifteen years later, his family urges him to visit London and seek a wife. The ideal doesn’t appeal to him, but his sense of duty tells him it is the next logical step.
Lord Pendleton stumbles upon Eliza on the road, defending an elderly woman against ruffians. After rescuing the exquisite damsel in distress, he finds himself smitten. But Nate soon realizes he must discover the dark secrets of her past to truly save the woman he loves.
A sweet Regency.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07M9SZVYJ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plato Publishing (March 11, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 11, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 716 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 200 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #267,861 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,617 in Victorian Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #6,193 in Regency Historical Romance
- #7,296 in Regency Romances

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USA Today Bestselling author, Aubrey Wynne is an elementary teacher by trade, champion of children and animals by conscience, and author by night. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, dogs, horses, mule, and barn cats. Obsessions include wine, history, travel, trail riding, and all things Christmas. Her Chicago Christmas series has received the Golden Quill, Aspen Gold, Heart of Excellence, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and twice nominated as a Rone finalist by InD’tale Magazine.

Aubrey’s first love is medieval romance but after dipping her toe in the Regency period in 2018 with the Wicked Earls’ Club, she was smitten. This inspired her spin-off series Once Upon a Widow. In 2020, she launched the Scottish Regency series A MacNaughton Castle Romance with Dragonblade Novels.

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Lori Dykes

Simply Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019

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My heart smiled as I turned the last page on this sweet Regency romance. A widow with a small daughter, threatended by her father to marry an older man for money. He will harm his grandaughter if she does not obey.
Fleeing from town with her daughter and the child's governess to hide away at her cousin Grace's estate, she stops her coach when she sees two bandits beating an older woman. Eliza jumps down and takes a whip to the blackguard and about that time, Nathan, Viscount Pendleton comes to the rescue.
I loved this thought from Nathan "Fate definitely has a sense of humor." Well fate did step in that day as he took them home to see to their needs before they traveled on to his neighbor.
Eliza is really damaged from the treatment of her father but has such a strong spirit. His attraction to her is immediate and she feels some definate flutters herself!
The writing of this author was so enjoyable and I even learned a couple of words or phrases I had to look up! Bumble bath and Johnny raw. So fun to see the expressions of the day even if it was only in the hero's thoughts!!
Do not miss this wonderful story that you will not be able to put down once you begin!!

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Space Cowgirl

Her 💋Kiss Is On His List📃Of The Best Things In Life

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019

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Regency Era Romance💕and Abduction

Young Widow, Lady Eliza💃💋💔, has been through the wringer with her life so far. Her father, an abusive, mean, and despicable Marquess👺, physically hurt her and her mother many times as she grew up. He is also a master manipulator and threatener.
He put her into an arranged marriage to a known Rake, but they finally came to 💘love each other. Then he was tragically killed in a fall from his horse during a race. The only good thing in her life is her little daughter, Althea👸.

Her father threatens her again now, and is trying to force her into another arranged marriage with his crony in crime, Mr Bellum, a wealthy man old enough to be her grandfather! If her father👺 cannot get Eliza💃💋💔 married to the old man, Bellum will call in all the loans and debt her father owes him.

Eliza💃💋💔 finally gets the gumption to leave town and go far away to hide from her father and the new arranged marriage. Her dad is told she went on a ship to America.

On her way to her new hideaway in England, many miles away from her horrible father, her coach is waylaid by two bandits. She is saved by a handsome lord, the Viscount Pendleton🐺🍆🌋, who was out riding🏇 when he saw the attempted robbery.
Eliza💃💋💔 is taken to his estate to recover from the ordeal. It turns out Pendleton🐺🍆🌋 is a friend of her late husband's brother! What a small 🌎world!

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I also got the book for $.99 on Amazon.

There are a fair number of misspellings and left out words in the published book, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment of it. I thought the story was well written and well thought out.

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Deb D

Fabulous Historical Romance

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2019

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The Wicked Earl's Widow is a clean historical romance by Aubrey Wynne. This is a fairly quick read, perfect for those with limited reading time. This book is appropriate for all ages. Ms. Wynne has once more shown her talented story-telling abilities with Eliza and Nate's tale. Eliza and her mother were abused by her father for years before he married her off for money. Her husband died and her father now wants to marry her to an old man. Nate finds Eliza along the road whipping a man that was beating an old woman. Nate and Eliza's story is loaded with drama, humor, spice, action and suspense. I enjoyed every page of this book and look forward to my next book by Aubrey Wynne. The Wicked Earl's Widow book 2 of the Once Upon A Widow Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

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Jeannie Long

Another Good one

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2023

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This one kept you suspense wondering if her dad would kidnap her. Even through the suspense love blooms. It’s a clean romance which is hard to come by these days, but that is the best part.

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024

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The death of Carson by Eliza’s father was not addressed. Maybe it will be in the next one but I doubt it would fit in another story.

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Kishan Paul

A sweet story of healing.

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019

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Eliza was emotionally and physically abused as a girl. It was through her marriage that she began the process of healing. Now a widow and mother, the very past she worked so hard to lock away comes back to haunt her. As she tries to break free of its hold, she finds herself in the arms of Nate. Nathaniel, Lord Pendleton, is a man with a kind heart but plenty of his own ghosts. These two beautiful characters must join forces to fight their demons in order to finally find the healing they deserve. Aubrey Wynne has crafted a beautiful story with strong characters and depth. The suspense draws you in but it is the pain and beauty of the characters that melt your heart.

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Pickle

LOVED IT CHARACTERS ELIZA AND MAY GRAB YOU FROM THE START

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2019

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Could not turn the pages fast enough. ELIZA a widow is bringing up her young daughter after her husbands untimely death. Her father a man to be terrified of arranged for her to marry again. Her in-laws help her to get away, she meets Nat, who knows her cousin and helps her. Lots of bullying, and terrorising in this book but lots of love 💘 also. Extremely well written, I love when the characters come to life for you e
Ben the two year old daughter. It's great when you can visualise the lift of an eyebrow, the mouth 👄 when the corner of the lips turn up, even the water in the stream. LOVED it.A MUST READ
I RECEIVED AN ADVANCED READERS COPY of this in EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW.

Angela Hayes

Historical Romance at its best!

Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2019

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The Wicked Earl’s Widow is the second book in the Once Upon a Widow Series by Aubrey Wynne. This was an intriguing historical romance with drama, action, humour, suspense, second chances, secrets, lies, discoveries, danger, intrigue, kidnapping, and some mystery.
The story is set along the same timeline as Rhapsody and Rebellion, and there are some interconnected details and characters from other of Ms. Wynne’s books. Nathaniel is best friends with Gideon from Rhapsody and Rebellion; and is the childhood friend of Grace from ‘Earl of Sunderland’ (Wicked Earl’s Club Series Book #4). Eliza is Grace’s cousin. I really enjoyed discovering all the interconnected details- as well as trying to unravel the ‘mystery’ elements of this story.
Eliza had a hellish childhood, at the hands of an abusive and violent father. He married her off as soon as he could- treating her like merchandise in a business arrangement. Eliza was both worried about her new husband, but quite relieved to be out from under her father’s oppression. She is surprised to find her husband is gentler and more caring than she’d expected, developing feelings for him along the way. So, she is genuinely devastated when he dies in a riding accident, leaving her a widow and single mother to their two year old daughter. Her father doesn’t take too long before he is hounding her about marring again- heavily in debt, he needs her to make a wealthy match to pay off his debts. Then, when her safety is threatened, Eliza is forced to flee London to the safety of her cousin’s country estate. But along the way they encounter an old woman being set upon by rogues. She won’t look the other way and pretend she didn’t see anything, so she takes matters into her own hands and does something quite out of character- saving the old woman in the process. This is where Nathaniel arrives on the scene, offering his assistance, and then somewhere to rest from their taxing journey.
Nathaniel is the Viscount of Pendleton. His father died when Nate was only a boy, leaving him the title and estate. If it hadn’t been for the kindly estate manager who took Nate under his wing, Nate may have had an entirely different life. When he sees Eliza for the first time, he is immediately intrigued by her. She was quite the conundrum- fierce yet fragile, terrified yet valiant- and so utterly stunning. He had a feeling there was so much more to her and her story than she was letting on, and he was determined to find out what, and to win her trust. He feels quite taken with her and Thea, as well as triggering his protective nature. When danger follows her, he’s determined to keep her safe. What happens you ask? Well you will need to read the book to find out. It is definitely one book that historical romance/regency romance lovers won’t want to miss.
This story showcases Ms. Wynne’s creative storytelling talents and gives the reader a very immersive experience. There was so much happening in this book- but it was all wonderfully choreographed into a smooth and entertaining read.
The characters are all so well developed- each with their own individual personalities. They were so easy to like, or detest (as in the case of a certain character). Althea (Thea) and Cyrano were adorable additions to the story and definitely stole the scenes they were in.
It is told from several points of view, which gives the reader a much broader perspective of the story, events, thoughts, feelings, and motivations which occur.
So, if you like a great regency/historical romance, with wonderful characters, and a story that will pull you in and engage you from beginning to end- then this is definitely the book for you!

Thank you, Ms. Wynne!

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nanjar

What those Earl's got up to!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2019

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This was an entertaining quick read. There were a few references to historical events which I wondered about as I read. They had me making a search for details, since I was reading what was essentially a Regency style novel but they didn’t stop the flow of my read. A few non-British English words jarred a little, since what was being written about was highly 'English' but they were easy to skip over.

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Ancy

A wicked earl,s widow.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2019

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I enjoyed the storyline , and the overall continuation of characters from an earlier story. I look forward to book three, already purchased.

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A good read

Reviewed in Australia on August 14, 2021

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I was glad this was written, I wanted there to be a book on Eliza and what happened to her, im glad she and nate found there happiness and her mother got her freedom and happiness as well

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