A Perfect Match by Margaux Thorne is the first book in a new Historical Romance series, The Cricket Club.
Myfanwy Wright is the orphaned daughter of a viscount. She lives for cricket. And for an injured, reluctantly retired cricketer, Samuel Everett. Myfanwy has been watching Samuel on the field since she was ten years old and has been infatuated with him for just as long.
The viscount’s will named Samuel as Myfanwy’s guardian. This is just for a few months until she reaches her majority. Then, she intends to buy a cottage and enough property for her own cricket field, where she can gather together her single ladies’ cricket club, the only “family” she has anymore. Until then, she is determined to have an affair with Samuel.
This steamy Victorian-era Romance plays with tropes of love between a gentlewoman and a commoner, and between a guardian and his ward. There is a touch of grumpy-sunshine. What gives this romance its entertaining kick is the way these tropes incorporate cricket. An underdog team must fight its way to the top. It will take the combined talents of Samuel and Myfanwy to win the big game, and the combined determination of both to win each other’s hearts.
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