Heath has always been a man of honor, he plays the games of the ton with ease, becoming the discreet problem-solver for London’s Elite. His future has been set for him, his duty to his family comes naturally, but when he meets a refreshing young lady born “beneath” is station, he will find his heart doesn’t care if the eligible bachelor becomes the next juicy scandal for wagging tongues.

Nora, a distant cousin to the Lady Roundtree has left the family sheep farm to work as a paid companion to help keep the farm afloat. Out of her league, unprepared for the opulence of the titled and wealthy, she is never the less immediately smitten by the dashing Heath.

How could she know, her dirty little secret could possibly be uncovered by the man who stole her heart, the man whose calling is ferreting out even the darkest of truths?

Erica Ridley’s LORD OF SECRETS is THAT read, THAT romance that is more fun than frenzy, more sweet than bitter and definitely should be headlining that summer reading list as two people throw caution to the wind in an attempt to follow their hearts while one secret threatens to derail a future filled with love.

One again, Erica Ridley pours on the heat, the humor and the hysterics of the Ton while serving up yet another fabulous historical romance that leaves readers smiling! Wonderfully drawn characters, cleverly placed humor, and a sweet romance without theatrics and vapors!

I received a complimentary ARC edition from WebMotion!

Series: Rogues to Riches - Book 5
Publication Date: June 15, 2018
Publisher: WebMotion
Genre: Regency Romance
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I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

This one is cute and clever, but without a lot of tension or heat between the couple

I LOVE IT, I cannot express myself enough this book is simply delightful, I have grown to love and expect the unexpected from Erica Ridley books, and this one was no exception. This book had me smiling from beginning to the I especially love how Eleanora dealt with a stallion among men priceless. Heath was a real gentleman even when he got royal pissed or and Mrs. Roundtree she played her part flawlessly. Everything about this book is good, even the cover which is gently stated, psst I am eagerly awaiting the next, Great job Erica Ridley a masterpiece crafted by a master.

Three and a half stars.

Miss Eleanora (Nora) Winfield has been summoned from her family's sheep farm in the West Midlands to act as a lady's companion to her (distant) cousin Lady Roundtree whilst that lady recovers from a fractured ankle. She's homesick and lonely, treated as a servant, invisible and overlooked she finds her employer catty and an incurable gossip but eight weeks work as a paid companion could help her brother and aged grandparents enormously, taking them from the brink of destitution to almost comfortable so she'll grit her teeth and get on with it.

At Lord Carlisle's ball Nora runs into a handsome gentleman by accident whilst carrying a glass of lemonade to her employer. The gentleman is the first person to actually 'see' Nora and she is struck by his good looks and his charming manners. Later in the evening the gentleman, Mr Heath Grenville, approaches her to ask her to dance and is horrified to discover that she is little better than a servant (and consequently far beneath the heir to a baronetcy).

Heath Grenville is the older brother of three sisters, two of whom have had their own books. He is very aware that his duty to his family and his future role is to marry a woman of impeccable lineage, one who will not bring any hint of scandal to the family. Yet he can't help but remember a young woman with red hair and a pink dress who acts as a companion to Lady Roundtree.

Nora sends drawings and caricatures of the people and places she sees in London back to her family, partly because she has difficulty reading and writing but partly to share her life with them. Unfortunately her brother shares some of the caricatures (anonymously) with a contact and the next thing she knows her sketch of Lord Wainwright, which she laughingly titled 'Lord of Pleasure' has been published in a London newspaper and is the talk of the ton. Not only that, the paper will pay her five pounds for every caricature she sends them - provided of course that they are of the ton. Nora is torn between wanting to earn money to help her family and horror at being exposed as the artist who dared to lampoon a member of the aristocracy - she knows if the artist's identity is discovered she will be sacked and bring censure down upon her cousin's family.

This was immediately gripping, I love a romance featuring a lowly lady's companion, especially one who draws vicious caricatures of the stupidity and ridiculousness of high society and throw in an untameable puppy and you've got me hooked. It would have got a higher rating if Heath hadn't come across as a leetle bit of a prig, so dismissive of all the eligible young ladies of the ton and so judgemental if they so much as smiled in his direction, despite his own mother's obsession with marrying off each of her offspring. I also felt that there was a lack of angst/ tension - whilst that was a twist to confound my expectations it also felt like the ending slightly puttered out.

Nevertheless, another fun read from Erica Ridley. I am SO stoked about the next book ... can't wait.

I received a free copy of this book from the author, via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Enjoyed it

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Dual POVs
Part of a series: Rogues to Riches
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading more from this author.

Great read from start to finish. Hooked me from the start. Likeable characters and great chemistry. Really builds as it goes

Of the series, I think that Lord of Secrets, is my all time favorite. Nora is so innocent in the ways that the Ton works. And Heath is a master at keeping it's secrets and fixing them.of course they will be perfect together.

Heath Grenville is extremely conflicted. He has devoted his life to investigating and protecting society’s secrets. The heir to a baronetcy, he wishes for everything to proceed just so in high society. His problem is that his father ignores him and the rest of the family and his three younger sisters could give a flip for Society’s rules. He loves and admires his sisters and has to struggle to support them in their chosen dreams even if that takes them outside polite society.

However, he’s determined that he will do everything according to the rules when it comes to picking a wife. But none of the debutantes twittering around him appeal at all. The woman who does appeal is totally beyond acceptability. Nora Winfield is the granddaughter of a sheep farmer and paid companion to a second cousin, a pillar of high society. Nora is also hiding secrets from Heath - that she has dyslexia and that she is the artist behind a series of cleverly-drawn caricatures of high society that are infuriating Heath and which he’s contracted to stop. However, the two are attracted to each other even though he shouldn’t love a woman so far below him much less one whose caricatures have lampooned even his only family.

While at times Heath was a very nice guy, other times he was just a bit too sanctimonious. If he loved his sisters so deeply, why was he still so committed to fighting anything going against Society’s strictures?

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.