Review: Sheer Perfection! ***SPOILER ALERT***
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
I like spoilers in reviews and always look for those reviews that contain some.  If you are like me then this review is for you.....if not then don't read!  LOLThis book was a wonderful read!  I really loved Jane, and Ned was delicious!  This book is so well written that even the secondary characters are wonderful.  Ned and Jane meet behind enemy lines during the war when he comes upon her being attacked by two French soldiers.  Ned had been wounded prior to his encounter with Jane and her attackers, but still he manages  to rescue her.  He and Jane find safe shelter for the night where Jane treats his injuries and they have a passionate encounter.Jane's ambition is to be a surgeon as her father was before her.  Unfortunately for her, her grandfather, who is her guardian, will not hear of such a thing!  It would have been quite outlandish for a woman in those days.  However, Jane's desire is so deep that while on "holiday" (at least her g/father thinks she's on holiday) with friends in Belgium she sneaks away to volunteer her services to the British troops.  Yes I know that part of the plot is not very realistic in light of the circumstances for ladies in those times, but this is a romance FICTION afterall so I went with it.  Jane knows who Ned is, but she gave him a fictitious name so he has no idea who she really is.  Jane returns home at her grandfather's summons (he had discovered her ruse) and Ned is unable to locate her, even though he apparently tried for at least a year after they were separated.Seven years later Jane and Ned meet again when Ned shows up in the village where Jane lives.  He is there to finalize the betrothal agreement his father had entered into for him many years before.  Ned runs into Jane on his way to his potential financee's house when he stops to help a man who has been injured and Jane arrives to treat the injured man.  Ned not only discovers Jane's true identity, but also, at a later time, that she has born a child out of wedlock and has been pretty much cast off by her g/father.  From there the story progresses.Ned and Jane get to spend a lot of time together and really get to know one another.  The chemistry between them is combustible, as it was from the very beginning, and there are a few fairly hot sex scenes...absolutely not a clean romance!  Violet, Jane's daughter is a complete sweetheart.  And as for the rest of Ned's family they make a wonderful addition to the story (I see where they each have their own stories which I will definitely be reading).  There is a bit of intrigue in the book as there are a few attempts to kidnap Violet and Ned comes to the rescue like the knight in shining armor that he is!  I LOVED this book.  So much so that I was up until 2 a.m. finishing it.  This is one of my all time favorite books that I will read again and again.  Happy reading!