Review: Not a Typical HR
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
I can't say I loved this book -yet- but it certainly intrigued me by the time I was done and will probably read it again. A couple of things I wasn't excited about like the unlikely duel.  The heroine is a little too spunky for my tastes and she gets "nasty" pretty early on, based on gossip she has heard from servants.  What intrigued me was the hero.  He is more believably complex than your average run of the mill "tortured hero." He has some real weaknesses that he does not spend much time hiding and he is legitimately egalitarian.  He is quickly devoted to her in a gentle yet passionate way and is troubled by his confusion about whether and how to make her a permanent part of his life. When the heroine insisted on going into a dangerous situation with her family and tells the hero she does not want him to go with her, he agrees as much as he doesn't want to.  He doesn't agree and then follow at a distance to save her in the nick of time.  He really doesn't go with her, and he waits for her to return to him while he is doing something else to solve the mystery. Of course there is a HEA but getting there was not the fairy tale predictability of so many romances. I recommend this, because it is not a completely mindless read.