☆☆☆Beautiful, Angsty Marriage of Convenience!!☆☆☆

I love historical romance, but I haven't read one in quite a while so when Kathryn Nolan recommended new to me author Eva Leigh's How The Wallflower Was Won, I jumped on it!!

By the time Finn realizes he has no other choice but to marry Tabitha, he also realizes something equally important. He is falling for Tabitha, which leads to an even bigger problem. He doesn't want Tabitha to know he thinks he's not smart enough for her, so he suggests a plan. They marry for convenience only, no love which is JUST fine with Tabitha unbeknownst to Finn.

Tabitha agrees to marry Finn, but there will be no feelings. This is the ONLY way Tabitha believes she and Finn can survive a marriage, especially as Finn wants a real marriage, just no feelings and he'll make sure she gets into The Sterling Society.

Of course both of them start having feelings almost immediately, and Tabitha's way to avoid this is to 'escape' their bed each night after some of the HOTTEST smexy times I've read in historical romance in a while! And Finn is destroyed every time she leaves, so he turns the tables and goes and does what he's best at - visits the gambling houses. 

I adored this angsty section of the book, there were times I was in tears watching them push each other away not really knowing what the other was doing or why, it just was such a delicious pain! 

When Tabitha discovers why Finn has been holding himself apart she does everything she can to fix their situation and show him what she really thinks of him, but is it too little too late?

The side characters in How The Wallflower Was Won are absolutely sinful! Two female characters that are basically married to each other, BiPoc Characters that I felt were written with great respect, while at the same time showing the misogyny and racism they were suffering through, it was truly a wonderfully written book and definitely won't be my last book by Eva Leigh!!

 Five out of Five stars for two characters with such great intelligence, and one written so well with a disability that is rarely discussed then or now. I am truly in love!!

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