A steamy romance that uses the strict rules of Regency Britain to excellent effect., Only a storyteller of Heath's consummate skills could pull off such an unconventional plotline, with compassion and elegance, reminding readers of the redeeming aspect of love. I recommend reading Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas, Waking Up with the Duke by Lorraine Heath, and The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren.Edward's attempts to avoid cuckolding his brother are tantalizing for both Julia and the reader, and their conflicted love is well-drawn and compelling. BUT if you are a fan of Lorraine Heath, you can give The Earl Takes All a try and let me know your thoughts. I’m not even sure if I recommend it to you, dear bookworms. I mean, if ONLY the twin thing wasn’t as problematic. IT DOES! It is actually a very well written, classic Lorraine Heath (and I absolutely adore her writing!) and I have loved her books with plots that are sooo out there (e.g. This is not to say that the story doesn’t have merit. However, once Violet’s identity is revealed, there is a scene where the twins switch places again BUT THIS TIME, the Duke KNEW who his wife is and that the twins did a switcheroo. In The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren, Violet marries her twins’ betrothed by changing places with her twin BUT the Duke of Raeburn doesn’t really know Violet or her twin, Jeannette. I remember Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas (that I absolutely ADORE) and it was sort of like this, wife falling in love with another man pretending to be her husband BUT in this case, said husband was EVIL and it had been a number of years since the husband had perished and the wife wasn’t even close to him at all. More so, because this wife claimed to LOVE her husband.

I am fortunate to know TWO sets of TWINS and I CAN tell them apart! I swear! The first set, I’m pretty close to, the other not much, but we had two sets of twins in our level and we COULD TELL THEM APART! Now, a wife, on the other hand, CAN’T?! I’m just flabbergasted. Here’s the deal, how can a wife NOT tell the difference between her husband and his twin. I mean, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LORRAINE HEATH and I wanted to love this book so much BUT….!!! Don’t want to read the whole review? Click to jump to the Skinny Review.

The earl takes all