Review: A Delightful story of love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
John, the Earl of Wrexham, is a widower with a young son. He is a retired military man and it has been decided for him, by his sister, that he take a wife. He is convinced that a sensible marriage is the best way to go. He is arrogant, handsome (in a chiseled kind of way) and is fighting in Parliament for aide for returning soldiers.Olivia is very proud to be considered a hellion by society. She is outspoken, a blue stocking and has been raised to question everything; from the rules of society to the rights of the non-aristocratic members of society. She harbors a secret that could completely ruin her. Olivia has resigned herself to never marrying because she sees it as a loss of her independence.John and Olivia’s story is delightful. Their encounters are filled with edgy remarks, laced with humor. She helps him to loosen up and start to see that life can be filled with laughter and occasionally silliness. They share the same passion for right and fight in the only way available to each of them. John’s son is wonderfully precocious and full of laughter and has a friend, Lucy, who is just a precocious! Olivia’s sisters are charming and add their own layer of humor and feistiness to the story. When they both embrace the good the other brings to them it is brilliant. In my head I know the ending, but an epilogue would have been fabulous. I have hopes that the epilogue will play out in the following book(s).I received an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.