Book Review: A Marriage Deal With The Viscount by Bronwyn Scott

A Marriage Deal With The Viscount is written by Bronwyn Scott and is the first in her Mills & Boon Historical mini series - Allied at the Altar.   Set in the 1850s Sofia Northcott,  Marchesa Di Cremona is only recently divorced which is seen as scandalous in itself and is living in London. Little does anyone know that she divorced her husband, II Marchese Giancarlo Di Cremona in order to escape a busy marriage and now she is on the run, as he wants her back as the King of Piedmont (where he lives,  does not approve of divorce) and wants Giancarlo to reclaim his wife and thus regain the favour of the Royal court. Sofia knows that if Giancarlo finds her he will drag her back to Italy by force and then inflict acts of extreme cruelty upon her. He has already branded his initial on her a punishment for trying to run away.   Conall Everard has just been as invested as the Ciscount of Taunton. He is looking for financial backers for his alpaca farm. Sofia is desperate to escape London before she can be found and is intrigued about the alpaca venture which Conall has already established must not use child labour or exploit their workers. Sofia feels that escaping down to Somerset will be a great hiding place for a few weeks and the farm is a great investment opportunity for her.  

She is determined not to marry ever again but is enjoying a relationship with Conall when she realises Gianfranco is actively looking for her. Conall and Sofia enter into a marriage of convenience- he needs financial backing for his farm whilst if she is remarried Giancarlo cannot reclaim her and force her back to Piedmont. Unfortunately Giancarlo finds them, holds both Sofia, Conall and his family at gun point and drags her back to Bristol where they will catch a boat back to Italy. Will Conall find her in tome?

I enjoyed this book immensely. There seemed to be something almost humorous and incongruous - the heroine is escaping an abusive marriage whist the hero is establishing an alpaca farm. The author touches on issues that would have been seen as scandalous during the Victorian period - divorce meant you were shunned in bhigh society whilst abuse within marriage would never be mentioned. I read this book in one sitting and look forward to reading the rest in the series. 

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