Book: Arranged with the Earl
Author: Jackie Killelea
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release date: May 13, 2025
A spinster with a tarnished reputation. An earl scarred from war. Can their convenient marriage withstand those aiming to steal everything they have?
Catherine Blynn resigned herself to a life without romantic love after a disastrous broken engagement. Although she’s always hoped to marry for affection, her father arranges for her to wed Loftus Cromwell, the broken Earl of Hardwicke. If she defies her parents, she risks her family’s ruin.
Loftus Cromwell had no intention to marry for love, only for the sake of his estate. But If he fails to win the love of his spirited and unconventional betrothed, he risks his conniving brother claiming everything he holds dear.
As treachery unfolds within the manor’s walls and a foe from Catherine’s past resurfaces, can Loftus and Catherine trust one another enough to unravel the truth before tragedy steals any chance of happiness?
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Christian Historic Romance is a genre that I have enjoyed for a long while. Arranged with the Earl by Jackie Killelea is Book 2 in the Saving the Spinnisters Series. I read Book 1 in this series and I am excited to have read Book 2.
WOW, this book was just as amazing as the first book in this series. The setting is London, England in 1818. The 2 main characters in this book are Catherine Blynn and Loftus Cromwell, Earl of Hardwicke. Catherine is devasted after her engagement to be married was called off. Her Dad sees this as an opportunity to arrange a marriage for Catherine. Loftus has never been interested in marrying for LOVE, but he is interested in getting married. His reason for marrying is to protect his estate from his brother. Catherine and Loftus knew they some obstacles in the way, including a person from Catherine's past, that might prevent them from marrying. I really LOVED the determination from both Catherine and Loftus to overcome the obstacles. They had similar childhoods that were not pleasant. I LOVE how they both decided that they were going to love forward and they became friends first and that grew to trusting one another. The growth throughout the book for both of the main characters was joyful to see. I really LOVE Marriage of Convience stories and this one was a great storyline. The book is one of Faith, Trust and Worthiness. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Christian Historical Romance from the Regency Era. WONDERFUL BOOK!
Jackie Killelea is a born and raised small-town girl from Connecticut with a degree in English and Creative Writing. She started off her writing journey with poetry, soon shifting into novels and becoming hooked. On days when she’s not busy with her nose in a book, she can be found typing away with a cup of tea at her side.
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In Arranged with the Earl, Loftus’ study of plants and flora is his foremost pastime, aside from his duties managing his estate and those that come along with being an earl. In his conservatory, there are a variety of different species of plants that he cares for but, would he actually have had these plants in his conservatory and would they have been able to feasibly grow there if he did?
Well, according to my research and a bit of wishful thinking…yes.
The thing is, Loftus has a few native plants in his conservatory and those certainly would have been able to grow there, given that they’ve pretty much just been brought inside from other counties in England. Loftus knows his home country and the landscape as well as how to care for those plants, already. The trickier plants to think upon are the exotics.
For instance, when showing Catherine the conservatory for the first time, he mentions Black Hellebore(Helleborus niger). How would he have come to own this? This plant is native to the mountains and woodlands of southern and central Europe, so we must assume that Loftus would’ve had it imported, or grown from seed. Still, would a woodland plant grow well enough to produce flowers in a conservatory setting?
Well, fortunately for Loftus, Black Hellebore actually grows fairly well in containers and does well in partial shade, so where he placed it in the conservatory was a prime location and it isn’t a stretch of the imagination to think that it produces blooms there.
With each plant I chose to be in the conservatory, I had to research if Loftus would reasonably have access to it and if it would grow under conservatory conditions–as well as during the season in which the book takes place. Of course you, as readers, will still need to use your imagination at some points. I’m sure Loftus would agree that ideas, like plants, need lots of water and space to grow.
I do so hope you enjoy Catherine and Loftus’ story in Arranged with the Earl!
Sincerely,
Jackie
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3 comments:
Sounds wonderful
This sounds really interesting!
It will be heartwarming to read how the marriage of convenience grows into friendship and eventually love.
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