Never Wager with a Wallflower

A Novel

By: Virginia Heath

Narrated by: Sebastian Brown, Sasha Higgins

Never Wager with a Wallflower is the third and final delightful installment in the Merriwell Sister's Regency rom-com series.

Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is selfless, academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams orphanage in Covent Garden that she works tirelessly for. An orphanage that desperately needs to expand into the empty building next door.

For Galahad Sinclair, gambling isn’t just his life, it’s in his blood. He grew up and learned the trade at his grandfather’s knee in a tavern on the far away banks of the Hudson in New York. But when fate took all that away and dragged him across the sea to London, it made sense to set up shop here. He’s spent five years making a success out of his gaming hell in the sleazy docks of the East End. Enough that he can finally afford to buy the pleasure palace of his dreams—and where better than in the capital’s sinful heart, Covent Garden? The only fly in his ointment is the perfect building he’s just bought to put it in also happens to be right next door to the orphanage run by his cousin’s wife’s youngest sister. A pious, disapproving and unsettling siren he has avoided like the plague since she flattened him five years ago…

While Venus and Galahad lock horns over practically everything, and while her malevolent orphans do their darndest to sabotage his lifelong dream, can either of them take the ultimate gamble—and learn to love thy neighbor?

Love this entire series

I’m a fan of this entire series and now this author. Character development is fantastic and well thought out. Dialogue is entertaining and humorous, and the love story is beautiful, romantic and realistic. Highly recommend reading all 3 books. I’m definitely going to be getting more books by this author.

The male & female voice actors switching chapters was a bit distracting. They were both good, but I’d rather they stick with one person, so it doesn’t take away from the story.

ADORABLE

Such a cute conclusion to the Merriwell Sisters' series! Adored Venus and Gal's witty banter and fun flirting - there was mutual pining, loved how the orphan's played a big part in the story, and just overall enjoyed this easy read!

Thank you to NetGalley and SMP Romance for an e-ARC of this book - all opinions are my own!

Venus is insufferable

I did not like Ve’s character or the woman narrating her parts. The rest of the series was a delight though.

Loud voice acting! lol

The book could've been good, the other 2 in the series were. They were funny, witty and cute.. but the voice actors in this one talked so loud, it was like they were giving a speech instead of talking to the person standing next to them. It kinda ruined my ability to hear the story strangely enough lol

Annoying heroine

I liked the hero enough and there were aspects of the heroine that I appreciated, but the first half of the book was pretty annoying becausejj of the heroine’s sanctimonious and unbending nature. The second half of the book was much better. I still really like Virginia Heath, and the series as a whole but this was my least favorite of the series.