Review: Delightful heroine makes this an enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
I was uncertain if I would like The Seduction of an Earl based on its premise, a nobleman who loves his mistress and marries a woman whom he is certain he will never love.  I have enjoyed other novel by this author and decided to give this a go and I am glad I did.  This story is an enjoyable read because the characters are not what one expects.Lord Henry Forster, the Earl of Gisborn has recently come into an earldom and needs to marry and provide an heir.  Unfortunately his mistress of ten years will not marry him, even though they share a child and even though Henry has stated his love repeatedly. Sarah, his mistress believes he must take a nobly born wife.Lady Hannah is a practical woman who believes men will always love their mistresses and only marry to find a good mother for their children.  She therefore, agrees to marry Henry believing they will never have a love match but that they will be friends.Hannah is a gem, an unexpected treasure in Henry’s life.  She is non-judgmental and she is smart and creative.  She is impulsive but not necessarily rash.  She has a great big generous heart that includes a big St. Bernard and also Henry’s mistress.Henry just does not know what to think of Hannah.  She is charming and loyal and honestly too good for Henry.  Henry is straightforward with Hannah about his feelings for Sarah, their future and his past.This is a charming tale that could easily have taken an easy road out making the mistress an unlikable jealous shrew, and a wife that was too cunning and a husband that was truly unlikable.  Instead it’s a story about people forging new paths based on love and independence.