Review: I have to have a break from this author
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2013
I like the way this author writes but for once I wish she'd let her characters behave in a manner worthy of the time period. i didn't enjoyProper Scoundrel (Knave of Hearts, Bk 3)because of the modern sexual attitudes that the author conveyed. This book was worse because our H was a vicar and a supposed 'Holy man'.***Spoilers***To start with I'm not a fan of second chance romances because I always mourn the time lost between the protagonists but this was worse than usual because the H never believed in the h and 5 years had passed. The pain the h suffered as a 'fallen woman' and then because she lost the baby she was carrying, I couldn't imagine how she'd ever come back from that. As usual the H moved on and married her cousin, inherited the cousin's daughter and seemingly hadn't suffered like the h. Man, it killed me.After everything the h went through with an illegitimate pregnancy etc, what does she do but fall into the H's bed fairly quickly with no fear of falling pregnant again. Whatever!!Another glaring inconsistency is the age of the H and H. We are to believe that the H is 37 and the h a year younger and they'd had their affair 5 years previously which would make them early 30's. Throughout the story though you feel that their romance happened in their early 20's. It didn't work for me.I'm glad I finished the series though but the first 2 books were way better than the second two.