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    The Earl Next Door: The Bachelor Lords of London

    By Charis Michaels

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    USA Today Bestseller

    American heiress Piety Grey is on the run. Suddenly in London and facing the renovation of a crumbling townhouse, she’s determined to make a new life for herself—anything is better than returning to New York City where a cruel mother and horrid betrothal await her. The last thing she needs is a dark, tempting earl inciting her at every turn…

    Trevor Rheese, the Earl of Falcondale, isn’t interested in being a good neighbor. After fifteen years of familial obligation, he’s finally free. But when the disarmingly beautiful Piety bursts through his wall—and into his life—his newfound freedom is threatened…even as his curiosity is piqued.

    Once Piety’s family arrives in London, Falcondale suddenly finds himself in the midst of a mock courtship to protect the seductive woman who’s turned his world upside down. It’s all for show—or at least it should be. But if Falcondale isn’t careful, he may find a very real happily ever after with the woman of his dreams…

    An Avon Romance

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 1, 2016
    ISBN9780062412928
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    The Earl Next Door: The Bachelor Lords of London
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    Charis Michaels

    USA Today bestselling author Charis Michaels believes a romance novel is a long, entertaining answer to the question, “So, how did you two meet?” and she loves making up new ways for fictional characters to meet and dislike each other before falling in love instead. She grew up on a peach farm in Texas and gave tours at Disney World in college but now can be found raising her family and writing love stories from her screened-in porch in Northern Virginia. 

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    • 3/5
      it was so-so. not bad but not that good read either. Sadly, did not excite me.
    • 4/5
      It is a cute sweet story. However I wished for more in the ending. But it was worth reading.
    • 4/5
      Great read. I had a tough time putting it down. An uncoventional, yet enjoyable storyline.
    • 2/5
      1.5 stars

      Was there a love triangle involving a staircase in this? 'Cause it felt like there was a love triangle involving a staircase.

      The story felt chaotic with all the characters, nosy neighbors, a bachelor earl who simply dramatically can't quit kissing the heroine, cartoon-y villainous mother and five step-brothers, bad guy Greek, and more.

      The hero had no depth while the heroine sort of did but the unevenness of her having the courage to travel to England to buy a house on her own but couldn't possibly stand up to her family had me head tilting. Also, what is up with the whole paper thin catalyst of the heroine moving to England? Head tilt. Don't even ask me about the inheritance issue and how mom and bros wanted to get control of the money. I also can't really comment on the pseudo-Greek mafia dude who showed up at the end because my eyes were a glazing by that time.

      This was a new to me author and she had some moments that felt encouraging but the story was too chaotic, the hero severely lacked depth, and I need more in my relationships than "I can't help but kiss you!" a few minutes later and a dramatic turn away "I can never marry you! Stay away!" repeated for 80% of the story. Seriously, this is what composed the majority of their relationship. I would also recommend not reading this if in an actual historical mood, 'cause yeah, head tilt. The upgrade to 2 stars is for the glimpse of cute moments between the hero and heroine.
    • 5/5
      I usually let the book “percolate” in my mind for at least a week before I do a review of it. Well, this time I just had to jump on a review because this book, a debut mind you, was so much fun, I couldn’t wait to let you all know about it.

      The first thing I noticed is the prose. I just loved it!

      "Kissing her was like taking a hasty bite of something he hadn’t expected to find quite so delicious. Something warm and sweet and too sumptuous to be gobbled up in passing, without giving its due. Without savoring."

      ~~~ * ~~~

      "She leaned back against the wall and slid downward. To sit. On his floor. He blinked, watching her descend. Past his chest. Past his bloody groin. Between his knees. She sat down on his floor, her bare feet and ankles sticking out from beneath her skirt like sweets from a pouch."

      ~~~ * ~~~

      The second thing was the characters, and not just the hero and heroine, but everyone that was introduced to us, starting with the marchioness [if you’re a fan of Downton Abbey, than this character will remind you a lot of Dowager Violet] and Jocelyn, whose POV was refreshing and enlightening. But it’s Piety’s family that will shock, surprise and disgust you, while making you chuckle.

      "Jocelyn led them all inside; the mother; the shark-eyed one; a fat one; a bald one; a tall one; and Edward, the smallest brother who had turned up in London the week before."

      And the third thing was the plot, which turns into the plots, and both were interesting and entertaining.

      As for the chemistry between Piety and Trevor, it was off the charts! Every time they were in a scene, I kept picturing that scene from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ in which George finally breaks down and proposes, sort of. Do you know which one I’m talking about? He shows up at Mary’s house, she invites him in, and they are having a talk when the phone rings and Sam is on the phone, and then George and Mary are both on the phone, but neither is paying attention to Sam. George has a plan for his life and Mary is not in them. Mary only wants him and to be his wife. George drops his phone and is furious at himself because he just can’t not love her. He is angry and says some things about his plans, and then kisses her … Just love that scene.

      Trevor is the same. He has plans and none involve marriage and he fights his attraction throughout the story, to no avail. Piety understands him and feels sorry for him, but she can’t help but fall in love with him. It was a lot of fun watching them come to terms with their attraction to each other.

      And the last thing I expected to read in this story is the name of the country I was born in, Serbia! That was so cool, especially because I love my Serbian history and just glimpsing it in a romance novel was awesome.

      Here are my notes from goodreads as I was reading it:

      21.0% “Debut book and I’m finding it easy to read and very fun.”

      33.0% “At 33% and I can’t put the book down! LOVING IT!”

      45.0% “People you have to read this book! It is so fast moving and very easy to read! The hero is just so so good!”

      Highly recommending it!

      Melanie for b2b

      Complimentary copy provided by the publisher
    • 3/5
      Piety Gray moves in to a run down townhouse with intention of sinking a lot of money into it. She's inherited a large fortune from her father which her mother and step-brothers all want. She arrives on a street called Henrietta Place with her maid, Tiny. Piety's had made a deal with the previous "Earl next door" to live in his house while hers was renovated. She breaks through a passageway connecting the two homes to find that there is in fact a new Earl who has no intention of honoring the deal she'd counted on. Put Piety bullies her way into his life anyway. They're enjoying a game of chess when one of "the Limpetts" arrives. Another neighbor of Piety's witnesses the poor behavior of this relative and decides to lend her aid. Lady Frinfrock, Piety, Miss Breedlow, and Tiny remove to Lady Frinfrocks country estate to set a plan to intimidate the Limpetts. Trevor (Lord Falcondale) ends up rushing to the country to help Piety by posing as her suitor. He insists that it can only be fake basically because he doesn't want to be tied down like he was for years with his ailing mother. (His determined resistance for this "reason" gets a little frustrating.) One day Piety is cornered by the most vile of her stepbrothers, Eli. He beats her and tries to rape her. Trevor shows up just in time and almost beats Eli to death. He then declares that he's going to marry Piety. In private his intention was to marry her and then get the marriage annulled. But to do that he had to keep from the temptation that Piety presented.
      A slumlord from Greece and Trevor's past shows up at their wedding which gets Trevor and his one servant Joseph all kinds of freaked out. The slumlord wants Trevor to blackmail a wealthy viscount for him. In exchange he would release Trevor from any future obligations.
      Piety and Trevor return to London. Trevor continues to keep Piety at arm's length but now he does it in an attempt to keep her safe from the slumlord. Then there's an accident in Piety's house. A newly restored landing breaks and falls while she's on it. Her shoulder is punctured by a rusty nail. But when Trevor first sees her, he imagines the worst. He realizes then that he does in fact love her and can't live without her. He moves her into his house and barely leaves her side. When she awakes she believes that she's going to become an obligation to Trevor. She begs Tiny and Miss Breedlowe to help her relocate to a hotel. Trevor is very hurt by this but realizes that he basically pushed her away and never admitted to his true feelings for her. He finds her a few days later. Piety's family finds her again and becomes a nuisance. Trevor is just giving them the boot when the slumlord shows up again. There's an altercation and a pretend raid. Trevor and Piety make up and live HEA.