cover image The Infamous Heir

The Infamous Heir

Elizabeth Michels. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $5.99 mass market (448p) ISBN 978-1-4926-2133-1

Michels (How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less) starts her new Spare Heirs series with a pair of childhood friends reuniting in this shining example of a Regency romance. When Lady Roselyn Gray arrives at the estate of her intended, Trevor Moore, Lord Ayton, she doesn’t expect to encounter his younger brother, Ethan, and the two engage in playful mudslinging, reminiscent of their youthful days together. Roselyn is distraught when a horrible accident leads Ethan to inherit the title, and she believes that Ethan may have orchestrated his brother’s demise. Yet she can’t deny her attraction to Ethan, and she begins to doubt his guilt. There’s a sinister undercurrent as Ethan is determined to uncover the identity of his brother’s killer. The romance between Ethan and Roselyn is beautifully written, gradually building on their childhood relationship and simmering with stolen glances and simple touches of affection. Michels’s latest is the complete package: a captivating romance with gripping suspense wrapped up in a novel to be savored. Agent: Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary Agency. (Mar.)