Review: Light and fluffy with a forced past
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
This was a quick and delightful read of two characters who have lost and found love again.Princess Alexandra Romanov's purpose in Scotland was to secure a husband. She has grown up with a Scottish tutor who instilled her with a love of Scotland, and she is convinced that she will find her true love there. En route to the Duchess of Roxburghe's party, she is stranded at the inn with none other than a handsome Scottish lord, James Keith, the Earl of Kintore. What follows then is a sweet romance of Alexandra's careful seduction and Keith finally finding his true love.The characters in this novella are very well crafted and complex. Alexandra appears frivolous at first, but she is masking the pain of losing her loved one who wanted her to regain marital happiness. She is determined to not let true love out of her grasp, and she pursuit of James was both enchanting and sweet. James had swore never to marry and had constructed a shell to prevent a past tragedy from reoccurring. It took Alexandra's inner and outer beauty to finally rouse him to action.In this novella we also see the meddling ways of the Duchess, who becomes a fairy godmother story in Hawkins' upcoming book How to Pursue a Princess.This is a fantastic short romance that I urge romance readers to pick up and enjoy.*ARC courtesy of Pocket Star via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*