Review: it's fun!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
There is a lot about The Elusive Wife that is predictable, but there is also a lot about it that is fun.  The hero is a bit of a rogue and a rake, but that is mostly his way of rebelling against his very controlling father.  The heroine is spunkier than most in regency romances and to her credit she guards her heart until she's pretty well convinced of the hero's intentions.  Even then she is cautious.You have all the stock characters in this novel, but even they are more interesting than in similar novels of this genre.  Of course, there is the requisite HEA, but that doesn't come until there's been a little intrigue leading to a swoon-worthy rescue.  Is it great literature?  No, but it makes for pleasant rainy afternoon reading.