Review: Utterly charming full-length novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
What a delightful story, and I don't say that lightly. The reviewers who complain that Agatha, the dowager duchess, could not have forced her grandson into an arranged marriage against his will, in my opinion, have rather missed the point of the story. Of course she could not have forced him into the marriage, and I have no doubt author Leah Sanders is perfectly aware of that fact. Baldwyn accepted his grandmother's machinations out of love for her; certainly Agatha made loving her into a duty...No, the characters aren't the deepest. The plotline is based upon the characters' emotions, not upon successive events or some grand occasion, and it almost doesn't matter where they are or what they're doing; only their interactions carry the story. For what it's designed to be, this is a sweet, engaging read with some laugh-out-loud lines, and I quite enjoyed it.Look out, Devil Duke. Here I come.