Earl of Westcliff (The Braydens' Series) Paperback – January 16, 2018

This is part of an all star author group "The Wicked Earl's Club"...Meara again has written a fun, feisty, yet at times very serious Novel! Tynan Brayden is the "Giant" Earl of Westcliff. Know for his size and protective instincts he is also the cousin of James Brayden (Match Made in Duty) Earl of Exmoor. Once again we visit a topic some find hard to read about, the results of war (injuries, mental illness and internal pain). While this is a rough topic, Meara has the gift to be able to turn tragedy into a positive and twist a whole lot of love, romance and snark while she is at it.Tynan has helped and seen his cousin overcome his disfigurement, from the last war, and is happy James has found a wife and true love in Sophie. He; however, wants nothing to do with marriage and respectability. That is why he is a member of the most secret, deviant & wicked club for Earls. While he is about to spend the night with a married woman and a Peacock feather Tynan sees an innocent young woman hanging around the lightpost about to go into the building next door. That particular building is known to be a notorious Opium den. Something the Earls do not like but must tolerate. His loving/protecting instinct (from being the older brother to a group of comical GIANT Brayden men) kick in and runs out to see what she is doing (and his lady friend leaves in a huff).. Just in time to rescue her from some unsavory persons. Lady Abigail Croft has absolutely no clue how much danger is she in. She has one goal. Get her beloved brother out of the Opium Den and save him from himself. Having returned from the war (her last living relative) a broken man who is haunted terribly day and night he seeks comforts from using drugs. He doesn't want to waste away but that is exactly what is happening. Abigail is desperate and seeks Tynan's help. Tynan seeing what James went through agrees. He seeks help from both the Earl of Coventry (the leader of the Wicked Earl's Club) and his cousin James. It is agreed that Abigail and her brother stay at the Earl of Coventry's country cottage to break clean from Opium. There is one catch if Tynan sleeps with Abigail he MUST marry her. Now the challenge begins, having someone go cold turkey is one challenge, keeping his hands of a woman he is falling in love with is another thing. He does not want marriage and to make matters worse Abigail has not only fallen in love with Tynan is very interested in finding out what a beautiful Peacock feather can do!

This is another story in a great line of Wicked Earl's! If they are wicked, I pick any of the ones that I have read about! The Earl of Westcliff is about to have a rendezvous with another man's wife, when standing at an open window he spies a young lady, on her own, without protection, on the street opposite, The Wicked Earl's Club. Abigail is standing outside The Wicked Earl's Club, however, next door, is where artist, and her last remaining brother , a Baron, is taking opium! She is determined to save him, without realizing, she, herself, needs saving, as three men are approaching her! Westcliff sees these men from his window, grabs two pistols, leaves the woman in his bed, hurries down the stairs, without a shirt, out he goes to rescue Abby! Thus begins, a Knight in shining armor, Beautiful Damsel in distress story. He promises to help her, to get her brother out of the dangerous opium den. Abby, is honest, loving, kind, tender hearted. Westcliff is finally sowing his wild oats, after years of helping raise his handsome younger brothers, and looking after his families estates , Westcliff is really sowing his. Will beautiful Abby, be ruined, by the most handsome bachelor in London? Will Westcliff give up his wicked ways, for a young, innocent, whose brothers problems, are a matter of life and death?I highly recommend! Thanks! Enjoy!carolintallahassee 👒

Earl of Westcliff, by Meara Platt, is the story of Tynan Brayden and Abigail Croft. Prepared to enjoy a night of pleasure at his exclusive men’s club, the Wicked Earl’s Club, Tynan glimpses a young woman about to be accosted on the street outside the club. It’s not the first time he’s seen her there, but after rescuing her from the street and bringing into his private rooms in the club, he’s curious about her story. Abigail has lost her parents and is about to lose her last brother to the opium den next door to the Wicked Earls Club, and will do anything to get him back. As Abigail tells the story of her brothers pain after fighting in the war against Napoleon, and how he uses the opium to dull that pain, Tynan can understand and relates to Abigail, as he watched his cousin James fight his own demons after returning home from the war. Tynan agrees to help Abigail in her fight to save her brother from himself, and she wants to accept, but she is worried that she may lose not only her brother, but her heart.Once again, Platt has written an emotionally gritty story, with larger than life characters. Abigail is innocent, but she’s tough! She’s loyal, independent, curious, headstrong, and she won’t give up the fight. Marcus is a giant of a man, who loves his family but doesn’t believe he’s ready for one of his own. But everything about Abigail gets under his skin, raises his protective instincts and makes him reconsider.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a surprise because I wasn’t sure that I would. The girl seemed like a bit of an a**, but he turned out to be a really good guy. And I love the journey, and both characters took. I am going to read more by this author, and see if I like them as well.