I did not read the previous ones, but it seems a well known brothel owner was taken out of business. That woman is now out for revenge and Charlotte is her means to that end. Because of all that went down in previous books Charlotte is now a champion for women and children. And men with mistresses, well they are not good men in her opinion.

As you can see Charlotte has her opinions (and after hearing more about the woman out for revenge then I understand. She was a monster.) As for Charlotte, she is sweet, kind and will never leave anyone in trouble.

Constantine, well honestly he is a really good guy. He comes to her rescue without even knowing her (even if that means she is now ruined and they most marry). Sure he has a mistress, and he does take a deep look at himself.

He does the chasing. She tries to get out of it. But his kisses are so sweet...obviously. But there is also a bit of suspense as that woman is still out there and thirsty for revenge.

Sweet with depths of darker things.

The Marquis and I by Ella Quinn is the Fourth book in 'The Worthingtons" series. This is the story of Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth and Lady Charlotte Carpenter. I have read (and Loved them!) the previous book in this series but feel this can be a standalone book.
Charlotte is kidnapped and she is working to escape there clutches when she runs into Con. Con was happy on his way to see his mistress but ended up going after Charlotte who he was told had been kidnapped. Con found Charlotte and tired to help her but they ended up getting caught and he had to make the jester that they were getting married.
This was another great book by Ms. Quinn. Just loved it!!

This story had so much potential, but once again Quinn's story falls short for me. As much as I love the Worthingtons, this might be the last one of Quinn's that I read...

I really loved the storyline, but it was often the dialogue that had me cringing as I was reading it. I also thought that Charlotte spent way too much time harping on that fact that Con had a mistress. That was the norm during that time period. I realize that she had seen the darker side of the trade, but it was a but much for me.

Time will tell if I pick up another of Quinn's stories, but I believe Elizabeth and Harrington's story will be coming up, so?!?!

This is a well written historical romance and I also appreciate the end where the author gives more background. So back to the story Constantine is just going about his day when he is informed that someone has taken Charlotte one of his good friends sister. He can’t just ignore this so he sets out to retrieve her. Charlotte is ok with her rescue until she figures out who Constantine is then she wants nothing to do with him. I feel that Charlotte at this time acted very petulant and took no one else into account ending them up in a still misunderstanding. The book had a nice mix of romance and mystery. The family and friends worked hard to bring the people responsible for the kidnappings to justice.

Lady Charlotte Carpenter has been kidnapped! Thankfully, Jemmy, a young boy her family rescued from the streets, jumped on the back of the carriage she’s in and her neighbor, the Marquess of Kenilworth (Constantine), was coming out of his house and follows. She was taken to a remote inn where Kenilworth was able to rescue her. But it’s night and Kenilworth is not familiar with the back roads. He has spent the night listening to Charlotte mutter about courtesans and poor women. He just wants to get her home. Realizing
they will not get back to London by daybreak, he recognizes a town near his mother’s estate and luckily, they meet Lady Bellamy. She and his mother help them get back to London. He’s not opposed to marrying her, but she is not sure about him. How they get to their HEA is for you to read. Jemmy also gets a HEA, when they find his family.

Note: I appreciate the author’s correct grammar. When one of the little boys asks “can” he was corrected to “may”. I had a third-grade teacher who, if you used the word “can” instead of “may”, would stop the class and say I don’t know if you are able to.

BUY BUY BUY BUY !
This one was a little different with the elements that were incorporated as well as the way the plots unfolded. I absolutely loved the drama and the characters. The pace was fast and furious and I was totally engrossed the entire time from beginning to end in this story. The writer is one that is able to capture and hold the readers attention and in this particular book, I did not put it down unless I absolutely had to do so. I can only say buy the book and enjoy for it has a way of really being a good read. I was given this book in return for an honest review via NetGalley. All opinions listed here are my own. Regards, Anna Swedenmom

For the Worthington household, trouble is forever on the horizon. For Lady Charlotte, it started with an innocent act that spirals into a dangerous situation. When her hero turns out to be the town cad, the rumors start flying and her hopes of a good match start dying. For Con, a favor for a friend turns his world upside down. Now the roguish Marquis finds himself saddled with a bride he never wanted, but can't seem to live without. With a mystery waiting to be solved and a heart needing to be won, Constantine will risk everything for a love he won't live without. Ella Quinn draws readers in with her quickwitted characters and her intricately woven stories. The Marquis and I is a seductive adventure of love, lust and danger. Intriguing yet simple.

Charlotte and Constantine's fast-paced romance is a bit exhausting for the reader. There is not a lot of heart and soul in the character-building, and the plotting feels tired. In the end, Charlotte does indeed reform her rake, but two kidnappings in one book of the same heroine seem a bit over the top..

4.5 Stars
Lady Charlotte Carpenter’s brother-in-law Matt has put an infamous brothel owner out of business—yet it is Charlotte who suffers the consequences. She is abducted by thugs and held at an inn, she is plotting her escape when she’s suddenly rescued by a dashing nobleman. Only afterward does she realize she’s seen him before at the opera with two courtesans!
A known gossip Lord Braxton has spied Charlotte’s movements, and his report is speeding through the rumour mill. Soon, everyone knows that Charlotte spent the night with Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth. And everyone agrees the only answer is marriage including Constantine himself, his overjoyed mother and his mistress! But Charlotte’s abductors aren’t finished with her yet.
Another engrossing page turning novel, I love this series & whilst this story could be read as a stand alone why would you. The Carpenter & Vivers are delightful, there are young children cats & great danes all of which add to the enjoyment. The characters are well portrayed & very likeable. The story is very well paced & kept my attention all the way through. I would have liked to have found out what happened to the kidnapper who got away & also if Daisy was OK & if one of the pups joined Con & Charlotte. I look forward to the younger children growing up & having their stories
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I have followed The Worthington from book #1, Three Weeks to Wed. With The Marquis and I the last eligible sister finds her HEA. That search ends in an unexpected way. Lady Charlotte Carpenter is kidnapped and then saved by Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth. She is not saved from having to marry Constantine when she is seen with him after the rescue, something she just does not want to do. While this is a romance it also looks at human trafficking and the plight of women in a society that does not give them many options. I liked Constatine, he has some ideas that are wrong and admitted them. Charlotte is also an interesting character as she is very outspoken and independent. The two have to work to get to their HEA but that is what makes this such a very nice story.

This book is filled with excitement, danger, and romance as it shows us the underbelly of the sex trade during Regency times. Abductions were common and for a variety of reasons – no female or child was safe regardless of their rank. Yes, that is a dark theme, but this book isn’t dark even though it explores some of those very real issues during Regency times. Even though Charlotte totally annoyed me, I thoroughly enjoyed the story. It was exciting and I couldn’t wait to turn the page to see what happened next.

I have not read all of the books within this series, but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment. I did read the first book and those characters are prominently featured in this book. ** Smiles ** You might want to sit down with a pen and pad before you start to read – there are a LOT of characters (including dogs and cats) you’ll need to keep straight and most of them are delightful!

Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth is a happy man – he has his mistress that he likes very much and his other pursuits and the last thing he wants is any sort of entanglement with innocent young ladies of the ton. As he is driving his curricle to visit his mistress, he is run down by the butler of his friend, the Earl of Worthington. He’s a bit annoyed when the butler asks him to rescue the lady who was just kidnapped. (Now, I have to tell you – I didn’t like him at this point and figured he was irredeemable. Not so!) Finally, after turning his curricle and being convinced nobody else was around to rescue the lady – he takes off in hot pursuit. Where in the world are they heading? They are on backroads and he doesn’t recognize his surroundings.

Lady Charlotte Carpenter has just been kidnapped from the street right in front of her home! She doesn’t panic, she assesses her situation, inventories what tools she might have and plans her escape. At this point, I really liked and admired her for her intelligence, intrepid strength of will and undaunted spirit. That didn’t last long. Ongoing, she was a very hard character to like. I love strong, intelligent female leads – and Charlotte was both strong and intelligent. However, she was also naïve in the ways of the world, pig-headed, stubborn, unwilling to compromise, etc. Everything had to be her way and only her way – her opinion was the only correct one. If the hero misstepped (in her eyes), then the relationship was over. Her holier-than-thou attitude made me wonder why in the world he’d want her at all. Quite often, I found her moralistic, intractable attitude overpowered the story and just made me want to slap her. She did get better – sort of – but ONLY after he totally bowed to her and her views. I can understand his having an epiphany about mistresses not always being in that life by choice, but – sadly, the story made him sound pretty weak-willed when he bent to her every whim. I would have continued to admire her and her strong beliefs if she had been willing to give him a chance and have a logical two-sided discussion with him. She did finally give him a chance, but it was all his give and her take.

When Con first rescued Charlotte, she found him attractive and was drawn to him. Then she discovered who he was – and she remembered that she had seen him at the opera with courtesans – one of whom was his mistress. She immediately shrank from him and was physically afraid because – anyone who kept a mistress was an abuser of women. (I told you she was naïve in the ways of the world). Con senses her shrinking away and doesn’t understand why. His goal is to get her back to London before anyone sees them together and her reputation is ruined. You’d think she’d be grateful. However, since they took backroads and Con wasn’t sure where he was – he got lost and missed a turn. Charlotte had worked herself into a lather by that point imagining what an awful, debauched, woman abusing man he was – and she leaves the curricle and heads back toward an inn (so much for her intelligence). Con is intent on maintaining her reputation (frankly, if I were Con, I think I would have let her march herself into the inn and fend for herself) – he follows her and as the innkeeper is questioning her – there is also a notorious gossip there. So, Con announces that they are betrothed and they are visiting his mother who lives nearby – still in order to save her reputation.

She finally told Con why she shrank away – well, actually she blasted him and accused him, etc. There was no discourse, no discussion – he was automatically guilty of the most heinous abuses of women and she was going to have nothing to do with him. At one point she did challenge him to question his mistress, Aimee, to find out what she really thought of her role in life and if she was there willingly. He was shocked – absolutely, completely and totally shocked – to learn that Aimee did not choose that life and would dearly love to lead a respectable life with her family in France. Con’s response was to immediately make it possible for Aimee to do that – he deeded her the house in which she was living and provided funds for her to return to France and live a decent, respectable life. Then, he admits to Charlotte that he was wrong and told her what he’d done. Finally – a crack in Charlotte’s armor.

The story and the mystery don’t end there – there are more kidnappings, more chases, and more rescues before Con and Charlotte get their HEA.

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This books start right off with an adventure with Lady Charlotte Carpenter has just been kidnapped from the street right in front of her home! Her brothers taught her all about self-defense she knows to assess her situation, inventories what tools she might have and plan her escape. When she is kidnapped, Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth, comes to her rescue. After she’s rescued she realizes she’s seen him before with two courtesans, she cannot stand for a man who uses and abuses women!!! Charlotte plans and makes her second escape, but it is too late to repair her reputation and she needs to marry Constantine aka Con. He at first wants to marry her out of obligation, but then it changes to desire and he decides to he wants to make Charlotte fall in love with him. This is an enchanting book of the damsel in distress being rescued and finding her knight in shining armor isn’t quite what she expected, but he’s more than she ever imagine he’s be!!!
This is my honest opinions after I voluntarily read a copy of this book that was provided to me with no requirements for a review.

I loved the idea and story of Charlotte and Con's love story. They slowly fell in love and I appreciate that they didn't immediately fall into bed! Seeing the whole family involved was a bonus. The only thing I didn't feel was the connection between them. It felt there at times and others not. The story was a stand alone. I was given a copy by NetGalley.

I received a copy of this book to read from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. The Marquis and I is book 4 in Ella Quinn’s Worthington Series. I would recommend reading the entire series as the events in this book are tied to things that happened in the earlier books plus they are all very enjoyable. This story opens with Lady Charlotte Carpenter kidnaped by nefarious characters. Constantine the Marquis of Kenilworth is conscripted into riding to her rescue and unfortunately they get lost on the return journey and are seen by notorious gossips and so in order to save Charlotte’s reputation an engagement is in order. Constantine had no intention of even looking for a wife and Charlotte was definitely not looking for a husband who has a mistress so together they must find their way forward and learn to love each other. Luckily chemistry is on their side as well as lots of children, dogs, a kitten, more kidnaping and a very satisfactory HEA. Publishing Date February 27, 2018 #TheMarquisAndI #NetGalley

This is series really keeps you entertained and guessing what is going to happen next. Ms. Quinn is good at keeping each story unique with overlapping characters. Within the Worthington/Vivers/Carpenter families, there are plenty of characters from which to choose. This is Charlotte’s story.

You already know how the story begins with her abduction by Miss Betsy and the subsequent rescue by Constantine. What follows is Constantine’s awakening into a world he never thought of as inappropriate in any way. He was raised to believe male peers of the realm had mistresses and that those mistresses ‘liked’ their lives. Charlotte is quite stubborn in her belief that she will not marry a man who has paid for female services, which include a mistress or brothel worker. She had a memory of seeing Con with two females at an opera and was not going to let it go. Just the fact that in that she had to become betrothed because she was seen with Con following her rescue was not going to force her into marrying him.

On one hand she could be irritating in her beliefs, but yet, I applaud her unwillingness to not compromise her standards. You get to see Con change before your eyes as he falls in love with Charlotte no matter her stubborn nature. She helps him to see life from another perspective. He even begins to appreciate her for it.

I think the story I look forward to the most is Charlie’s, which could very well be the last one. We have watched him grow up being guided by Worthington and his elder sisters. In each book, he is a little older and works at making sure he knows what is going on with his sisters and estates. The family dynamics within this series is love and respect. The way family/characters from previous books are interwoven to assist with the kidnappings and rescues help make this a sweet book that deals with difficult subjects.

I've read the other books in this series and enjoy Ms. Quinn's writing. I was looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this one as much as the previous books. This book can be read as a stand alone, but it does help to identify some of the other characters in the book if you've read the others in the series.

Lady Charlotte Carpenter is a victim of kidnapping and Constantine, Marquis of Kenilworth, happens to be in the right place at the right time to follow the thugs and rescue Charlotte. That was a great way to open the book. Charlotte is a spirited young woman, but her naive attitude of keeping a mistress, immediately discounts Constantine as a potential husband even though they have been seen together in the early morning hours and compromised. They have no choice but to marry. This is the premise of the book--can Charlotte change her mind about Constantine and can Constantine change his ways as well to win Charlotte's heart. I really liked Constantine, but I found Charlotte a bit annoying.

I did read the book to the end and I think fans of Miss Quinn and regency romances will certainly enjoy this one.

Ella has wrote a book with action, suspense that has constant twists and turns at every corner. It’s fast paced and entertaining.

This is my first book in the series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The romance between Constantine and Charlotte was progressing at a good pace. The love scene was essential without being to overbearing. This is good sweet romance. Big thumps up to Ella Quinn.
I received this copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review that is all my own.

I promised a fair and honest review for this ARC. What a family! And such a lovely story. There are so many tales within this group of people. Really nice book.

There were so many things that I loved about, The Marquis and I. A couple of them were how when they knew that they loved each other they didn't wait to let it be known. So often in books it's not until the ending chapters that declarations of love are shared. Another is the surprise wedding. It was so sweet for Charlotte to surprise Con this way.