Review: Skip this one
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2011
I have read several of Candice Hern's books and enjoyed them.  I hesitated to purchase this one though, but was swayed by the glowing reviews.  Did I read the same book?This book is absolutely predictable.  Since it's a romance, you know the 2 leads will end up together.  From the book summary, you know the heroine Meg is already in love with the hero.  Also, from the moment that a certain character is introduced, you know who is making attempts on the hero's life and why.  It is patently and immediately obvious.  You also know those attempts won't succeed.  No tension or anything to resolve whatsoever.  The "Big Misunderstanding" played a role in this very weak plot, but it was not even a good "Big Misunderstanding".This book dragged on and on and was boring.  I have never skipped and skimmed so many pages in my life.  Too much telling, not enough showing.  Since everything was so predictable, I never had to go back to fill in for anything I skipped.I also didn't find it true to Regency customs.  When Sedge was sick, Meg spent hours and hours alone with him in the bedroom, nursing him to health.  There was never a mention of a chaperone being present at all time, which would have caused her to be compromised. Also, were there no servants who could have seen to Sedge, such that Meg, her grandmother and her brother (?!) did not have to look after him 24/7?  Finally, Meg's family ran a business, which means they were in trade.  Not "good ton", at all.  They would not even been invited to the society balls and routs of a London season.There are better Regency romances out there and better books by Candice Hern.