Review: A WONDERFUL HISTORICAL REGENCY ROMANCE! RAKES & RADISHES BY SUSANNA IVES
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2010
RAKES and RADISHES by Susanna Ives is a wonderful historical Regency romance set in 1819 England. It is well written with details, depths, twists and turns. It has astronomy, romance, lost love, agriculture, secrets, betrayal, finding true love, sowing wild oats, finding the truth about love and lost, and requiting lost love. The characters are strong, determined, believable and will tug at your heart strings. The hero, Kesseley, is strong, handsome, a country bumpkin, an earl, loves agriculture, seen his parents harsh marriage, his father is brutal to his mother,would rather be in his country estate than in London, knows he needs to find a wife but he is in love with his neighbor and has been since they where children, Henrietta. The heroine, Henrietta, is beautiful, strong, misguided, thinks herself in love with her cousin, Edward, who is a poet, doesn't notice Kesseley, her neighbor. To her he is a good friend and confidante.She learns of Edward's betrothal, for she believed he loved her and intended to marry her and take her away from the country to London. She enlists, Kesseley, to clean himself up, become a true rake and take Edward's betrothed away from him. After Kesseley, his mother, and Henrietta go to London for the season, she soon learns there is more to Kesseley than meets the eye, for he cleans up handsomely. She realizes she is actually in love with Kesseley, but to late, he decides his heart can no longer take her repeatedly refusal of his affection. We have country bumpkin meets London society. What happens is truly an adventure in love and finding your true love. I would recommend this book especially if you enjoy some sweet sensuality, adventure, love, wisdom, deception and coming to terms with your past and future. This book was received for review from Net Galley and details can be found at Carina Press and My Book Addiction And More.