Review: This is a story that will help you to pass a pleasant afternoon as it entertains you
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
This was a clever novella, set in the regency period and style with all romance staying in the sweet zone.  Donna Lea Simpson has created characters that wholly fit their world, and given us a mission for the very bored Lady Theresa.  When she meets Mr. Martindale and his two children, her path is set: get them involved and accepted into the area's best homes, and help him to make a life for his children.Martindale is amazingly dedicated to his children, even to the point of spoiling them.  His daughter is wholly spoilt with massive temper tantrums and behavior wholly unsuitable.  Alternately his son doesn't interact, at all, with anyone.  Theresa is rather `heavy handed' in her proclamations, but her intentions are good even if her plans go astray.  With several attempts to prove her worth, slowly the Martindale's are finding a place in society, and she a place in this very unusual family.Smoothly written with a quick pace and the gentle attraction that grows between Theresa and James is sweetly believable. This is a story that will help you to pass a pleasant afternoon as it entertains you.I received an eBook copy from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.