Review: Entertaining with some romance and mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
“Should you throw me over for my brother, he would be the happiest of men. Of that I have no doubt.”—Eamon, writing as AidenAll Eamon meant to do was help his brother out of an arranged marriage by trying to dissuade his brother’s betrothed, Lady Luella. Through letters. Letters written by Eamon pretending to be brother. He never meant to fall in love with her, and he hadn’t expected her to fall in love back…with the writer of the letters—who she thinks is his brother. And now that she’s arrived in their home, Eamon must find a way to tell her the truth without having the woman he loves hating him…“I cannot help but think that, although we’ve never met, your soul and mine are already entwined.”—EamonThis was such a sweet book! Although by sweet, I mean it had plenty of ‘awww’ moments not that it was low heat. In fact, it was more on the medium heat scale with loves scenes, but they were a bit awkward given that both of our leads had no idea what to do. See? Sweet in that awkward, young love kind of way.Not like you could tell by looking at the huge and buff Eamon that he is actually quite a gentle giant. I loved how he wasn’t an alpha male. In fact, he’s shy and blushes quite easily and stuck with what he considers accursed red hair. He doesn’t fight back or go after what he wants. He just wants to be in his workshop making his wondrous metal creations. But, that’s not to say he can be alpha. In fact, it may be that he just needed someone to be protective about.Someone like the sweet and utterly alone Lady Lu. She’s one little tough cookie, and I love how she was able to see how lovely Eamon is while others avoided him. I especially loved the fact that we could read Eamon’s and Lu’s letters to each other so we could see how the little love notes changed over the years as their feelings developed and grew. Unfortunately, Eamon’s deception isn’t the only secret around. While the two shared many things, there are two important things they haven’t (which were pretty easy to guess as the story progressed).Which leads us to a bit of a paranormal element, although not much. In fact, the book could have easily been rewritten without the paranormal element without changing much. However, still cool. Or should I say hot? Overall, this is a fast read, being a novella, and entertaining with some romance and mystery. This is a 4.5 out of 5 for me!(Originally posted on my blog; I received a NetGalley copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.)