{"id":15347,"date":"2016-07-26T10:39:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15347"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T21:18:54","slug":"wotr17-review-historical-the-thief-steals-her-earl-craven-house-1-by-christina-mcknight-cmcknightwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15347","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR17 #Review #Historical – The Thief Steals Her Earl (Craven House #1) by Christina McKnight @CMcKnightWriter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following the passing of his father and an unforgivable act by a family member ending in near ruin for his family, Simon Montgomery, the new Earl of Cartwright, is forced to return home without finishing his education. However, that doesn\u2019t stop Cart from absorbing every morsel of knowledge he can.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, doing so and applying his every moment to restoring his family\u2019s lost heirlooms while seeing to his sister\u2019s upbringing and attempting to wrangle his mother\u2019s frivolous spending habits has made him somewhat of a recluse, a man unsure of how to live life unless it\u2019s focused around academia, order, and routine. But what happens when Cart is faced with a woman as intelligent as he but far more cunning?<\/p>\n

Miss Judith Pengarden has lived her entire life under her eldest sister\u2019s firm yet loving guidance. When she discovers her family is in jeopardy of losing their home, Jude decides to use her skills to help them pay off their unsettled debts. However, when Jude attempts to steal from the wrong house, she finds herself alone, locked in a dank room at the night watchman\u2019s residence, and she vows to stop thinking so spontaneously and risking her family\u2019s name to scandal. Unfortunately, there are some loose ends that need to be tied up before she can. Luckily for her, however, she may have just met the man who can help her family and also steal a piece of her heart.<\/p>\n

When Jude meets Lord Cartwright at a London garden party, he seems the perfect man to solve all her problems\u2014a recluse unfamiliar with London Society and studied in antiquities. A lord like none she has met, Jude soon realizes that Cart is more valuable to her than any painting, sculpture, or vase. But when she\u2019s caught in possession of Cart\u2019s long-lost family heirloom, completely unaware of what it really means, can she convince him that things are far from what they seem? That despite the deceit and subterfuge, her heart is in the right place. With her family\u2026and with him.<\/p>\n

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I received this book from the author for an honest review.\u00a0 I really toiled with my rating in this book.\u00a0 I mean is it a 4.5 or 5.\u00a0 I was just back and forth. Then I went back and reread a scene\u2026Christina will know\u2026the Door scene\u2026..yep it still gutted me so 5 stars it is.<\/p>\n

AHHH!!\u00a0\u00a0 OMG If you would have told me before reading this book I would be dumping Harold, from The Lady Forsaken Series, I would have said you are cray cray\u2026GASP\u2026however Harold I think we may need to take a little break so I can see how I am feeling about Lord Cartwright\/Cart.\u00a0 No hard feelings right???<\/p>\n

Lord Cartwright\/Simon\/Cart is so unlike any hero that Christina has written before.\u00a0 He is so nerdy and awkward but I fell in love with him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He is the person at a gathering with their nose stuck in a book.\u00a0 He is unsure of himself socially and really could care less about breaking a Ton<\/em> rule.\u00a0 He is just after getting his family Earldom back in the right financial shape it should be after being stolen from by his uncle.<\/p>\n

Judith\/Jude wants to help her sister Marce but knows Marce will not have any of that.\u00a0 Her and her twin steal a vase to hopefully sell for money.\u00a0 This money she will give to her sister to call off the debtors who keep sending final collection notices.<\/p>\n

When Jude and Cart meet, they are both thrown together and thought that they might just \u201ctolerate\u201d the others company but they actually get along.\u00a0 Then something happens to Cart and he gets upset at himself for making a fool out of himself. When any other Ton<\/em> woman would have run away, Jude stays to help him.<\/p>\n

The two are so similar and they both love art.\u00a0 Granted he loves to find it and she loves to steal it\u2026Snickers\u2026..but I just loved how put out she makes him.\u00a0 She makes him feel alive and actually interested in life again.\u00a0 I love how he uses scientific data to tell us the readers how he feels about Jude.\u00a0 I love how she is so confused because she is guilted by why she is friending him yet also she is so consumed with spending as much time with him as she can<\/p>\n

The side characters are amazing.\u00a0 Sam I wanna throat punch.\u00a0 Payton just needs a hug.\u00a0 Garret *purr* needs to find the right woman.\u00a0 THEO!!\u00a0 OMG she steals the book!!\u00a0 LOVE HER!!\u00a0 But I am telling you \u2026Christina is going to make us wait until the very last to know about Marce!\u00a0 I FREAKING need to know about her!!\u00a0 I am consumed with the need to know!!!\u00a0 AHHHHH,\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

\"about<\/a><\/p>\n

Christina McKnight is a book lover turned writer. From a young age, her mother encouraged her to tell her own stories. She\u2019s been writing ever since. Currently, she focuses on Historical Romance.<\/p>\n

Christina enjoys a quiet life in Northern California with her family, her wine, and lots of coffee. Oh, and her books\u2026don\u2019t forget her books! Most days she can be found writing, reading, or traveling the great state of California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the passing of his father and an unforgivable act by a family member ending in near ruin for his family, Simon Montgomery, the new Earl of Cartwright, is forced to return home without finishing his education. However, that doesn\u2019t stop Cart from absorbing every morsel of knowledge he can. Unfortunately, doing so and applying … Continue reading #WOTR17 #Review #Historical – The Thief Steals Her Earl (Craven House #1) by Christina McKnight @CMcKnightWriter<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-3Zx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15541,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions\/15541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}