Review: I gave this author another chance but...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
I didn't love Compromising Miss Tisdale but I made a note to read this book when it came out. Unfortunately the author used the same plot device (that irritated me) as she used in the first book. I quite liked the sound of the h in that book's sister, who is the h in this book. She was a bit of a hellion and different and lively. In this book I found her annoying and unrealistic. I have no idea why the 2 main characters fell in love either. I didn't 'feel' the romance at all. The premise sounded good; the H, a duke, has lived a quiet live in the country because of a childhood illness. He is over-protected, reclusive and feels guilty for the part he played in his father's death. The h is a hoyden, doesn't live by anyone's rules and has been sent to the country because of a scandal she created by knocking soup into a Marquis' lap at a dinner party (rolling my eyes). The 2 main characters meet when the h gets lost on the H's property but he never tells her his true identity. And so it goes on. The duke's mother is a nightmare and he is a bit of wet sap when it comes to standing up to her because of aforesaid guilt and illness.+++Spoilers+++There is nothing I hate more (as all of those who read my reviews know very well) is modern sexual behaviour in Regency novels. The same thing happened here where the 2 main characters have sex and then she finds out he lied about his identity. So of course they are separated for 5 months. The same thing happened in the first book after the main characters were intimate and I just wish authors would be more original. The H sends a letter,which she never reads. He doesn't bother to go and see her. Why not? He'd ruined her, she could've been pregnant but he doesn't even try to live up to his supposed declaration of love. I was totally infuriated by the whole thing. The last straw for me was that the H tells his best friend that he ruined the h but doesn't do anything about it and only by the friend confronting the h was anything done.I'm done with this author and this series.