Review: More like Her Insipid Passion!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
Compared to the other books in this series, which I own and love, this was a huge disappointment! The story between Paul and Charity was the typical clichéd plot I've read in countless historical romance books...I'll stress again, so unlike the other stories. Charity got on my last nerve and I felt no sympathy for her at all!  The story boiled down to her expectations of the hero where she placed him on a pedestal, and then made him responsible for fixing her insecurities and her feelings for him by holding his past as her bosom buddy. I felt like Ms. Calloway didn't even believe in their relationship because she included all the characters from the series to help move this insipid romance along.  I loved them in their respective books, but they took up too much space in this one and irritated me with their banal behavior (again, so popular in historical romances) where the women, satisfied and smug in their happy matches, sided with the wallflower in bemoaning how she was the best thing for Paul, and the neutered husbands naturally admonished Paul on his conduct.Admittedly, there were some touching moments especially towards the end where it wrapped up predictably sweet and neat, however, the actual love story was unbelievable for me.I am still a fan of Ms. Calloway's writing and I would recommend her books, even this one, despite my disappointment.