Yay for fun and clever little stories. The Debutante’s Wager is one of those; a short, light, funny, swoony, regency type banter.
I enjoyed it very much, you might, as well.
The last of the cousins has had his turn arrive. Cupid’s arrow, Aphrodite’s ‘curse’ or whatever you’d like to call it, is about to get fulfilled yet again. Or will it?
Lord Travender, Tony, the final nephew of Lady Aurore meets his match in his aunt’s latest ball. Or is it his sister in law’s? Nevermind.
Naturally, prone to casual encounters, he’s shying away from all matchmaking occurrences, but when he stumbles upon Tess Arrington, a special bond forms. The two start an odd banter-like wager, where each of them must make the other fall under the other’s spell in order to win. In Tess’s case she’ll also get her grandfather’s beloved painting which was lost to Tess’s exiled brother years before.
Excited to hear Tony make a fool of himself in Hyde Park, singing her praises, she’ll do everything in her power to win. But Tony, while more into the wager for the fun of it than anything else, is doing his best to win while falling slowly in love with her.
He doesn’t know it of course, but the events coming together one after the other are sweet and funny to read.
I think I enjoyed the first couple of stories in this little series better, but this one did the job just fine.
I’ll take Donna Cummings’ humor with my coffee any day
