Review: Highly Enjoyable! Loved the Heroine - Smart/Practical/Confident
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
Dorian Camoy has reason to believe he has inherited insanity from his mother.  As he begins to manifest symptoms similar to his mother's, he retires to his country estate to live out the remaining few months of his life.  However, Dorian's plans didn't take into consideration the unfortunate premature death of his male relatives including his grandfather, the Earl of Rawnsley.  Suddenly, Dorian has inherited the title and is being pressured to marry in order to leave an heir behind - otherwise the line will cease to exist.  He could not care less about leaving an heir - he just wants as much control of the last few months of his life as possible.However, Dorian doesn't count on the troublesome Gwendolyn Adams' determination to have him - not only as her husband but also as a live experiment to further her medical interests. Since it is believed he doesn't have long to live, she also hopes to inherit  his money to build her "dream hospital." This may make her sound manipulative and grasping - not so.  She is highly ethical, kind and loving, but she is also practical and isn't content to be confined to a lifestyle which imposed severe limitations upon females of that era.  When she travels to Dorian's home to meet him for the first time expecting to see a small, weak, shriveled up male, she is in for a surprise.  Her future "husband/patient" has all the attributes of a very healthy male, including a gorgeous face and body.  It doesn't take Gwendolyn very long to realize that she might be in over her head.This is a super sweet romance with a lovely heroine who is not afraid to speak her mind and be forthright about her attraction to the intimidating Dorian.  Loretta Chase is awesome.  Plus, a very special treat - we get to visit Dain and Jessica from "Lord of Scoundrels" - one of the absolute top rated romance novels in this genre.