Review: Absence May Make the Heart Grow Fonder.....but makes for a rushed reunion....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2012
While reading this I could feel the angst and the hope of finding out if absence really makes the heart grow fonder?Julianna has been friends with Jonathan since she was 13.  She knows all of his faults, including his rakish ways, but secretly loves him anyway.  Hoping that one day he will "see" her and give up the rogue's life. Julianna's grandmother is unwilling to wait forever for him to come to his senses so she whisks Julianna to London and the infatuated Nesbitt.While the main story is very tightly and well written, I did find the romantic scene unnecessarily rushed.  It actually wasn't even necessary except to add a bit of heat.  Julianna was expecting people to arrive in an hour and it is expected that a virgin, after only two kisses, would succumb in such a way.  It just seemed jarring and forced while the rest of the story had such a lovely rhythm.So even though I thought the denouement was rushed, in more ways than one, the rest of the story more than makes up for it.I recommend this story.