Review: Kind of dragged
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 3, 2013
I just couldn't get into this one.  Abby has been in love with Wesley for years.  But the young man had been sent away because he disagreed with his father's politics.  He returns after three years; his father has died and his brother now holds the title.Our hero's father had put out a terrible lie, claiming he had raped a female servant.  No respectable family will receive him, but Abby and her family know the tale is false.Abby finds out she is the granddaughter of a Duke -- although an illegitimate granddaughter.  Her family travels to see the great man in the hope he will supply a dowry for our heroine.The evil brother tells our hero he must marry a well-respected woman.  The hero goes to speak on behalf of Abby's family, and tells the Duke he wants to marry her.I don't know -- maybe I was just reading too quickly or misread, but this story just didn't make a lot of sense to me.  Abby's grandmother has just died at the beginning of the story and our heroine seems to spend much of the time in or near tears.Maybe it just wasn't my sort of story in general.  I don't think it was.