Review: He Saved Her and She Turned Around and Saved Him!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
Alasdair, a marquess, is our wounded war veteran gentleman with a serious addiction to opium that he uses to blur an even more serious lack of self worth and guilt.  He's in a drugged haze when he finds himself stepping forward to save a young woman who's virtue is being auctioned off in the public room of the inn he's ensconced at. Alasdair is in no condition for fighting so he simply buys the girl and plans to send her on her way untouched as soon as she recovers from the drug (not opium) she was given to make her compliant for the sale.  Mary, the girl, is a vicar's daughter who was being used by her half brother to make some cash after the death of their father has left them penniless.  Alasdair decides he will do a good deed before succumbing to his addiction and take Mary to Scotland to marry her so she will not be ruined after spending the night, however innocently, in his company and also pass on his lucrative estate to her.  Mary, meanwhile, would like to go to London and find her absentee mother instead.  But Mary realizes what a total mess Alasdair has managed to make of himself and decides to put her efforts into putting his life back together.As they avoid her nasty half brother and Alasdair's cousins who all are interested in getting at Alasdair's money while they journey across country, the couple find they have a strong attraction to each other which leads to several nicely done steamy scenes.  Mary and Alasdair are definitely very good for each other.The story has romance, adventure and humor and the characters are well written and grow as the story unfolds.  It is a lovely way to dive into another life while contending with the usual ups and downs of real life.This is the second book I've read by Megan Frampton.  I also read What Not To Bare which was equally entertaining and I look forward to reading more of her work.I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.