Review: Lack of self control is not romance!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
At this point I am just over 60% of the way through and so annoyed I needed to stop reading.  Firstly, this tale could have been set in any time period, very few Regency specific references, so I would not say it fit the Recency category - although that is the least of my problems with it.  Secondly, and most importantly, there is no excuse for a romantic hero to be constantly kissing his employee.  This is not romance..this is immaturity and lack of self control (he is in his 30s and she is 19).  I don't care if he thinks he wants to marry her.  She is still works for him and is wholly dependent on his good will.  I suppose the author thinks we are supposed to be so distracted by the idea of love/lust at first sight that we ignore this fact and see it as basic, clumsy courting since he only kisses her.  If this hero were as wonderful as we are supposed to think he is he would be able to control his basic urges and work out the issues keeping him from offering for her!  Or just go ahead and make her his mistress.The author is not a bad writer.  She does know how to tell a story although the overlong dialog does become arduous.  I might try another of her books to see if it suffers the same annoyances however, if one wants to read great, romantic stories involving  governesses  and their employers I would highly recommend any of Deborah Hale's books.  As I have unfortunately read all of hers, I was hoping this would be as satisfying.  Instead I am angry at my wasted time.