Miss Richardson Comes of Age (Zebra Regency Romance)

Rating:
Summary: Not as good as her wonderful early books...
Review: Jacket Blurb: "A LADY'S SWEET REVENGE...
A little wild, a lot mischievous, heiress Annabelle Richardson set society abuzz by rejecting three suitors in one season. Two were disreputable rakes after her fortune. The third, Luke Wainwright, was simply too foolish and too young. Nonetheless Annabelle never would have written a scathing satire making them the laughingstock of the ton if the spurned trio hadn't tried to tarnish her name...
CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS DESIRE
Now Annabelle has made three enemies -- and sent Luke's older brother into a rage. Thorne Wainwright, the handsome Earl of Rolsbury, angrily intends to put Annabelle in her proper place...until one look, one touch, one kiss convinces them both that her proper place is in his arms. But in a London where gossip thrives and reputations falter, a dastardly plot is under way to force Annabelle to the altar with the wrong man. Will Thorne be able to rescue her--and make her his bride--in time?"
I think I have been spoiled by Wilma Counts' early works which I considered 5-star material. She usually writes so well and has excellent characters. I was somewhat disappointed in THE TROUBLE WITH HARRIET but I am more disappointed with this follow-up book (Annabelle was the ward in THE TROUBLE WITH HARRIET). Still, Wilma Counts wrote it so it is still worth reading because of her writing talent. But I cannot say I particularly was interested in these characters so I never came to really care about what happened to them.