Review: Always hated reluctant heroes. . . this is one of the worst
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2011
Jack is a womanizer and a fortune hunter, and Kitty knows it right off the bat, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to bother her, at least not at first. She is determined to have an affair with him and not worry over much that it will have no happy ending.Now Jack needs money badly and Kitty has tons of it, but he doesn't think too much about marrying her. Well, for much of the novel she is married (to an abuser from whom she is seeking a divorce), but I find it odd that he doesn't seriously consider her as a wife. When she offers him money to pay off his debts, he hesitates a bit and then accepts it. True, he does plan to pay it back, but this just shows him to be lacking in character. After she tells him she loves him, he not only does not reciprocate (although he calls her "my love" all the time), he leaves her to return to Scotland. Kitty is the one who has to come after him, and his declaration of love comes far, far too late to be believable.I am also bothered by the girls' devotion to their supposedly indulgent father who is the one who condemned them both to abusive marriages. I would really, really have liked to see him grovel before them for his high-handedness.Another bone of contention: no concern by either Jack or Kitty as to possible consequences of their liaison. When Kitty comes chasing after Jack (boy, do I hate it when the women have to chase after the men) and gets him to say he loves her (unconvincingly), she then teases him with the fact that he is going to be a father. Really? She wasn't at all concerned about the possibility of having an illegitimate child if he had not agreed to marry her? Or been concerned that he would marry her for the sake of the child? Incredible!I have to echo a previous reviewer about the vast number of errors in this book. Are there no editors anywhere these days? When did "alright" become a word? There are so many sentences with missing words that could have so easily been corrected if SOMEONE had taken the time to read the book aloud.There are also many commas missing. A few typos can be forgiven, but when there are this many, one has to wonder why the work was published with so little concern for accuracy?The dialogue of the book is often anachronistic, not unlike the conversation you would see in a 21st century sit com. The author does not seem to have a grip of British titles either, but perhaps those who haven't read many historical novels of this type would not notice any of these things.Another thing that bothered me about this book and the previous one is the way the epilogue leaves you hanging, a blatant attempt to get you to purchase the next book.The truth is, I didn't completely dislike this book; I read it all the way through, but the errors and the hero just got on my nerves at the end. I just feel that the author could have done so much more with it if she (or someone) had not been in such a hurry to put it on the market.