A Warriner to Seduce Her by Virginia Heath - Warriner Book 4

August 21, 2019
"The party's over, it's time to call it a day"  
Betty Comden and Adolph Green

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And now on to the fourth book in the Wild Warriner series, and my favorite of the group. A Warriner to Seduce Her is Jake’s story. And, in this story we are introduced to the Elmer Fudd spies from the Kings Elite series – although they seem to be smarter in this book then in their own series.

Jake, of all the brothers, seems to be a little separate from the group. He appears to be a loose screw, a lady’s man, but sometimes appearances can be deceptive.

There’s a bad group of people working against England. The King’s Elite think they know one of the members of this group, Lord Crispin Rowley. They need to infiltrate this group – somehow. Rowley has a niece who just might fit the bill. What is needed is a master seducer who can work his wiles on her and get the information needed. They call in Jake, even though his Mr. Toad should have fallen off a long time ago, he is still the man for the job. He has never set eyes on Felicity Blunt, but he doesn’t think there should be a problem, no woman can resist him. She’s a country bumpkin fresh out of a convent, how hard could it be to seduce info out of her. At least that’s what he thinks. As I said before, he’s never met Felicity Blunt.

Felicity Blunt was a treat! What a great heroine. Yes, she may be an innocent spinster, she may be from the country, fresh from the convent. She may even wear glasses. But Felicity is no dumb cookie. She’s wise to the ways of rakes, having worked in a convent which takes in unwed mothers. She’s seen the results of male seduction close up.

The scene when they first met was very humerous. Jake observes a woman sneaking across the room, turtle-like. He watches her, intrigued. Felicity is trying to avoid the suitor her uncle has chosen for her. She is without her glasses, so things are a bit of a blur. Anyway, she ends up in an alcove with Jake. They talk, and he soon realizes that she is the woman he has been ordered to seduce. He starts with his very practiced seduction. But instead of falling for his charms she tells him to knock it off, that she’s not in the mood for any rakes. Now, she really intrigues him. He soon forgets that he has been ordered to seduce her.

Jake and Felicity begin a friendship which quickly turns into something else. As with all the books in the series when dealing with secrets, Felicity confides her fear of her uncle to Jake. The tension builds for us the readers and for Jake. As Jake falls more and more in love with Felicity, he knows he must tell her about his assignment, but he is afraid of losing her. We the readers also know he should tell her, because of the eventual pain. I actually could not sleep until this part of the book was over. I must admit I was hoping he would go against the Romanceland hero standard and speak up. But, of course he delayed too long.  There was a nice grovel scene.

I loved this story, I loved the plotline, the secrets that both the main character had. Ms. Heath does not stretch out the problems too long and everything comes to a lovely end. We see Jake’s family dynamics again; we watch as Jake finally shows the world his true self.

Overall I was enchanted with the entire Wild Warriner series, this one is my favorite followed by Jamie’s story, then Jack, and lastly Joe. This is a series that historical romance readers should read.

Time/Place: Regency Engalnd
Sensuality: Warm/Hot