Review: Historical Romance at its best!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
I find I am at a loss when it comes to words to describe how much I adore Becky Lower's historical novels. The Reluctant Debutante is one of my favorite books of all time, The Abolitionist's Secret was fantastic, and Banking on Temperance is breathtakingly beautiful. How Ms. Lower arrives at her fabulously clever book titles and character names, I'll never know, but her cleverness at creating a family named entirely after spices was topped in this book with a family named after the virtues. Since book one, I've been waiting for Basil--the devil-may-care playboy--to meet his match, and in my wildest dreams, I could not have envisioned the perfection that was Temperance--an astonishingly stubborn woman whose name is one of the greatest misnomers of all time. With a cast of secondary characters that is near-epic in its scope, Banking on Temperance delivered a captivating story on a grand scale that I could not have put down to save my life. The Cotillion Ball series is headed directly toward the Civil War, and I know I will be picking up all of Lower's books to find out just what role these amazing characters will play in one of the most important historical eras of American history.Note: I was provided an ARC for review as a professional courtesy. No monetary or other compensation was involved.