A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis [Review]

A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven #1) by Stephanie Burgis
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Date read: January 15, 2025

The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven
1. A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience - Paperback | Kindle
2. A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence

Stephanie Burgis
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Margaret Dunhaven may have been forced into marriage with the sinister vampire lord of Shadowcroft Manor to fulfill a family obligation, but she's not about to stay trapped there for long. The beastly man doesn't even have any decent tea leaves in his kitchen!

However, when she realizes that she's not the only one who's been forced into this marital union, it's time to join forces with her unwanted new husband. If they can combine her scholarly skills with his ancient history, then, working together, they might just manage to reclaim her inheritance, break his curse, and find their freedom.

...Just so long as they don't fall in love along the way.

Thoughts on A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience: Oh, this one was fun. Margaret is a lady who's too smart (in all the best ways) and has been bamboozled and outright lied to by her family and now finds herself married to a vampire. To be fair, her family ambushed her when she was exhausted and disoriented and she's VERY unhappy that they managed to get the upper hand. She's also not thrilled that her new husband is a vampire.

But, like I said, she's smart. It doesn't take long before she starts piecing the hows and whys of their new union together and figures out why this was sprung on them.

On Lord Riven's end, he's about as thrilled to have a new wife as Margaret is to have a husband. Well, at first. As it turns out, Margaret is the kick to the metaphorical pants he needs to jolt him out of his brooding. She's smart and driven and it isn't long until he's making plans for a journey. But maybe the biggest surprise is that he enjoys spending time in his wife's company and finds he possibly might want to do it for the long term.

A dusty manor, a twisted bargain, a vampire who needs to let go of his guilt, and a lady who has met her match in the Lord of the manor. *thumbs up* all around.