Review: An OK story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
This didn't have an original story line but that didn't bother me.  What did bother me was the heroine, Lady Babs.  I just couldn't connect with her.  She was supposed to be beautiful and witty, and wrote books under an alias.  She based her characters on members of the ton and would be in disgrace if it became known she was the author.She falls in love with Nick, a duke of course.  He has the nickname Wildfire - hence the story title.  He is attracted to her but doesn't think he is ready to marry.  There is some sexual tension between them and one encounter where she gives herself to him.Lurking about is Lord Edward, who lusts after Babs.  He wants to have her as his bride, and he makes it his business to find out her secret.  He then proceeds to blackmail her into accepting his offer of marriage.This is where I began to lose connection with her.  She is supposed to be this forward thinking and strong willed woman, but she succumbs to blackmail.  I get that she and her father might fall into disgrace but it just wasn't ringing true to the character she was supposed to be - in my opinion.There is some name dropping - Byron and Brummel.  I don't believe this character would have felt so free to think she was independent if not for an extremely indulgent father.  I don't think most young ladies were blessed with such support during that era.Too many secondary characters.  I think the author could have dropped some of them and devoted more of the story to the central couple.