Review: Biggest problem: not a complete book!!!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2012
I have to say, I was getting REALLY impatient when the hero and heroine had not met at the 50% mark. The hero is a jerk who only thinks about himself, and although some reason is hinted at, the real shocker was when the book suddenly ended before there was any resolution of ANYTHING! After the "Rate This Book" page, I saw that ANOTHER book started, the first several pages of which were a recap of the unfinished FIRST book. Okay. This was weird, but I fell for it. Needless to say, THAT book ended without any resolution either, and another author's book started. REALLY? I cannot begin to understand what is going on here!BUT. . . from what I did read, I can say that it lacks historical accuracy. The heroine seems completely obsessed with mothering a 17-year-old stepson, who is trying his wings in London for the first time. Her actions suggest a 21st century "helicopter parent," who gets upset when her son goes drinking with his friends and makes it obvious he'd rather be with his friends than with her. Really? I have to say, I don't recall ever seeing a Regency-set book with a parent who got upset at a young man kicking up a storm in London with his pals. . . as long as he didn't gamble away his inheritance or murder someone.Not only that, but the heroine is a dead BORE. Perhaps if I had had the complete story, I could have seen her progress from a boring, countrified, obsessed "helicopter mom", but I didn't. Nor did I see anything between her and the hero except for physical attraction. But then. . . I didn't get the full story, so how would I know?I'm getting tired of these crazy marketing tricks. Getting me to pay for a book that is actually only excerpts of other books is simply FRAUD! Maybe some readers will go ahead and buy the other books, but I've been fooled once, and won't be deceived twice.