Talk About My Favorite Authors: How to Engage an Earl

I found Kathryn Caskie through the Romance Novel TV forum and when I went to her website I read about her Royle Sisters Trilogy. I instantly knew that I had to find those books and read them. Well I went to the Barnes & Noble website and found that the first book in the series was not in the bookstore close to me but the second and third were. So I decided to buy them online instead so I would get them all together. I'm glad that I bought them because they are great books that I enjoyed reading. I like reading historical romances especially when they involve a big mystery having to do with historical figures but twisted around to make it believable even though its not. This series is about triplet sisters who maybe the actual "secret" daughters of the prince regent of England and there is also so much scandal and mystery intangled with this story that the sisters feel that they have to find out. Mary Royle is the oldest of the triplets and fell in love and in the end married the Rogan the Duke of Blackthrone in the first book of the series, How to Seduce a Duke. Now it is the middle triplet sister and they most shy of them to get her love story told in this series.

Anne Royle is the middle sister of the triplets and the one that seems to be invisible of the three when they are with company in balls or parties. Anne liked to show her sister, Elizabeth, that she is practically invisible to all the other guests at the party so she plays a game of stealing certain guests glasses of wine to prove that they don't even notice that she took them. But that didn't work with Laird who noticed Anne playing her game and decided to catch her in the act to get to her close to him. Now the last thing Laird the Earl of MacLaren wants is a wife, so when he awakens to discover the fair-haired enchantress from the party at the foot of his bed, he behaves as any man might, by taking full advantage of the delicious situation. Then his family bursts in, and the chit brazenly announces that she is his betrothed, so he finds himself well on his way to being leg-shackled for life. Beautiful, reserved Anne Royle had never done anything so mad in her life because she entered the earl’s bedchamber with no intention of seduction at all. Rather, she hoped to discover a document that could contain the truth about her heritage. But now her world is turned upside down, and while she trembles at the thought of her wedding night, she finds she longs for it in ways she never thought possible.

Anne is the more reserved and quite of the triplet sisters though that doesn't mean that she isn't as special as her other sisters. I really like her because she uses her talent of being invisible to the ton to her advantage without taking it too personal like other women of the ton would have. After having read just a bit about Anne from the first book I was very intrigued to find out more about her as well as read how she would end up with her true love. In comes Laird the Earl of MacLaren who is a very infamous rogue who is trying to change his way in order to make his mother and his family name. I also like him because he maybe a rogue but he is trying to change his ways because he wants his family to be proud and needs a change in his life. I think they are a pretty good match for one another because though they have their differences they have some common qualities that bring them together. It was great to read more about the mystery of the Royle Triplet sisters because it's a wonder if they are really princesses who were supposed to have been born still without the Prince Regent knowing about them. I'm looking forward to reading the last book in this series so I can finally find out how everything ends for them. I give this book 3.5 Open Books:

Here is the descriptions of the books from the back covers and pictures:

HOW TO ENGAGE AN EARL $ 6.99 (Book 2)(343 Pages)

She thought she was alone in his bedchamber…

All of London is abuzz with stories of the beautiful Royle sisters. Could these slightly scandalous triplets truly be the “secret” daughters of the highest prince in the land? One of them has already done very well for herself by marrying a duke. Now Anne Royle is about to take center stage as she discovers…

HOW TO ENGAGE AN EARL

The last thing the Earl of MacLaren wants is a wife, so when he awakens to discover a fair-haired enchantress at the foot of his bed, he behaves as any man might, by taking full advantage of the delicious situation. Then his family bursts in, and the chit brazenly announces that she is his betrothed, so he finds himself well on his way to being leg-shackled for life!

Beautiful, reserved Anne Royle had never done anything so mad in her life. She entered the earl’s bedchamber with no intention of seduction. Rather, she hoped to discover a document that could contain the truth about her heritage. But now her world is turned upside down, and while she trembles at the thought of her wedding night, she finds she longs for it in ways she never thought possible.