A wager between a rogue earl and a saintly widow, who will win? Zane Blacknight has just inherited the title of Earl and now has to prove to his family that he can handle the title, which means addressing his excess habits of fistfights, gambling, drinking, and womanizing. All that changes when he has an unexpected encounter with Brina Feld, one night in Paris and runs into her again in England. Brina Feld is a widow and is known and loved by all for her beauty, kindness, and devotion to her dead husband. Many have tried to court her but she has remain firm in being a widow. Zane decides to court the mysterious woman he kissed in Paris, even after finding out she is a widow and is determined to have her hand in marriage. Zane makes a wager with Brina that he will marry her by the end of the season.... and Brina accepts the wager, except Zane has to not gamble, drink, cuss, or sleep with any women until that time. If he can abstain then he wins, if he loses, he has to publicly apologize to her.. and so the games begin. Brina doing everything to tempt him to fail and Zane doing everything to try and get Brina to fall in love with him.

This was a fun romance read! I loved how the roles were kind of switched, with Brina being more in charge and being the temptress in the situation. It was nice to see Zane fall for her and overall their romance was a sweet and fun read! This is the third book in the series but you don’t have to read the other two to read this one.

*Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Paperbacks for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*