Review: Love vs infatuation
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
Rose is a strong willed young woman who dreams of marrying her first true love, a distant relative named Oliver.  When she is told she is betrothed to a man 20 years her senior, a man she has never even met, she refuses.  However, learning that her marriage would keep her mother from the poorhouse, she submits but writes all her feelings and desires for Oliver down in her diary.  Lord Richard teaches her from the moment they enter his bedchamber on their wedding night that she is to follow any and every order she is given.  Rose learns he means what he says as he takes her across his lap and gives her a spanking before they even have consummated the marriage.  She is given rules to live by and pays the consequences for misbehavior.  Despite her determination to remain loyal in her heart to Oliver, she knows from the moment Richard claimed her that he has ignited feelings inside that she can't deny.  When he is arrested and faces possible death for his religious beliefs, she discovers that she was only infatuated with Oliver and that her entire heart and soul belong to her Lord.  The entire book is written as diary entries but is easy to follow.  I wish it had been longer and not end so abruptly but it does make for a quick, entertaining read.  If you like historical romance with spanking and a bit of age-play, you should like this one as well.