Wife Wanted

 Wife Wanted

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       January 10, 2026

 

Author  Wren St Clair

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1969349669
Publisher:         Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Release Date:   9 January 2026  

   Website:   https://www.amazon.com/Wife-Wanted-Regency-Historical-Romance/dp/1969349662

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Wife Wanted is set in 1851, against a discovery of what could be a burial barrow and Celtic Cross at a time when Archaeology in Britain was in its infancy.

He wants a wife, she wants to escape. They both are deeply involved in the world of Antiquities; he is a noted authoritarian, and she dreams of going on real dig, somewhere or anywhere will do.

Deo to his friends or Deodonatus Kininmounth 6th Earl of Pendrell, by his own admission is not an easy man to live with but realises he is not getting any younger and really needs help with not just his research but also needs a wife. His friend suggests he advertises, which he does, only getting one reply, as his requests are somewhat specific.

Emily Grenfell is a considerable heiress and refuses to be married off to Viscount Bidenden, a man she does not like at all. She is being punished by her mother, locked in her room with the staff forbidden to give her more than a few bits of bread a day.

She reads the advertisement in a smuggled in copy of her much awaited British Antiquities magazine and decides to apply for the position. Arriving at Cheetham Court she is only a day late, but more or less on time, which puts Deo in a quandary as he is used to doing things to a set routine and it is time for Kester, his beloved dog and companions walk!

Flustered and exhausted she faints. When she realises she will be working with Deo and is also expected to marry him as they cannot work together as anything other than man and wife, she understands she has nothing to lose with much to gain, so agrees and they are duly married.

The historic content of Wife Wanted is well researched as the tale of two vastly different but not so different people, slowly and gently discover that falling in love while they do what they enjoy most, discovering the past, is a most enjoyable holiday read.

The Author Notes  at the end of Wife Wanted from Wren St Clair are well worth reading.

Fiction, General, Historical