Alexandra Vasti does it again with Earl Crush! This one starts with some Regency-era catfish-ing when sweet, anxiety-riddled Lydia Hope-Wallace runs off to Scotland to propose a marriage of convenience with an Earl she believes she’s been corresponding with, which turns out to be a huge surprise for him…because he doesn’t know her. When they realize it’s the Earl’s estranged brother who has been posing as him through these letters, the two team up to get to the bottom of it. This book has everything! Pining! Political intrigue! Yearning! Espionage! Longing! Zebras!
Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti, (List Price: $18, St. Martin’s Griffin, 9781250910967, January 2025)
Reviewed by LeeAnna Callon, Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans, Louisiana