Review: Pure Escapism !
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
I simply love it when an author can whisk me away to another time, place and culture while entertaining me so much that I don't want to leave the story!  The story is well written, engaging and best of all she made me laugh out loud...a lot.The characters were strong, but endearing with redeemable faults and understandable fears.  The h, a lady, was a smart, practical and loving young woman in her mid-twenties, dealing with a legacy/family to support.  The Hero is an OCD, very reserved, straight laced Duke who was emotionally traumatized at an early age.The Duke has become the new owner of the heroines estate and famed brewery due to no more male issue on the heroines side.  He sends his man of affairs to speak with the estate manager, but after two weeks, he feels obligated to investigate after after having been sent only one report from his efficient (read OCD) secretary. Our H travels to the wilds of Yorkshire to the crooked castle full of females and gets the surprise of his life - he begins to feel again.I am usually not a fan of pratfalls and slapstick in my Regency Romances, especially when children and animals are involved, but in this story they are done with a deft hand and they work.