The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne

The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne by Jayne Fresina-Book 2 of Sydney Dovedale Series

Read & Reviewed by: Cris

My Review: I gave this book 5 stars and would both read again as well as recommend to others. A drunken meeting with a beauty he can't remember in a maze at a masquerade ball leaves him with a kiss he can't forget. So, the search begins to find his masked beauty, little does he know its the woman he would least expect. The main romance is between the unlikely pairing of James Hartley was a well known rake of high status, Ellie Vyne the step-daughter of an old admiral. Along with that romance there were several other main characters that were given great depth and greatly enhanced the storyline.  It was a wonderful book with great characters. I read all night to finish this story to see if all of the characters got their "happily ever afters". It was a well put together story, and I found myself hurrying to get a copy of book 1, as well as looking forward to reading future installments in the series.

Synopsis: By night Ellie Vyne fleeces unsuspecting aristocrats as the dashing Count de Bonneville. By day she avoids her sisters' matchmaking attempts and dreams up inventive insults to hurl at her childhood nemesis, the arrogant, far-too-handsome-for-his-own-good, James Hartley.

James finally has a lead on the villainous, thieving Count, tracking him to a shady inn. He bursts in on none other than "that Vyne woman" . . . in a shocking state of dishabille. Convinced she is the Count's mistress, James decides it's best to keep your enemies close. Very close. In fact, seducing Ellie will be the perfect bait . . .