He admires her unconventionality, her lack of pretentiousness, her intelligence, and incredible courage and inner strength, and so did I!! She is a most remarkable character, one that is both vulnerable and inspirational. Alexander may need to marry for money, something his family is very sad about, but every day he spends with Wren, the deeper he falls in love with her. She has endured so much, most of it needlessly, but with Alexander’s openness and willingness to draw her out, to encourage her to step out into the open more often, Wren flourishes. The couple agrees to see how well they might get along before making any decisions, but this task is more difficult than it should be, due to Wren’s extreme social anxiety and awkwardness around other people.Can the couple find a way around their differences or will Wren's insecurities prevent her from making a commitment? Wren’s years in seclusion has made her appear aloof, or cold, when nothing could be further from the truth. Her marriage proposal, which would simply be an a marriage of convenience,but one Wren hopes will quell her soul deep loneliness, and provide her with children, is very tempting to Alexander, and he can’t dismiss it out of hand. It was therefore quite fortuitous when he is summoned to the home of Wren Heyden, a wealthy businesswoman who is looking for a husband. With limited funds, his only choice is to marry for money.

With an inherited title, came a country estate in dire need of repair. Alexander has been a wonderful character in this series and I am so happy he got his own story. However, this third installment was the perfect remedy for my previous lethargic response to the Wescott saga.

Up to this point the first two books in the Wescott series have failed to really grab me in the same way. A tender, but redemptive love story, that gave me so many feels!While this series has been quality reading up to this point, as is most anything Mary Bologh pens, I was still suffering a bit of a book hangover from the ‘Survivor’ series, which was absolutely amazing. Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh is a 2017 Berkley publication.

Someone to hold by mary balogh