Review: Excellent
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2013
This was a charming Regency Romance. A slightly darker take on the guardian/ward trope, this book is not for the faint of heart. The tortured hero, has sworn off marriage after the utter disaster that was his first one. Our heroine has very different ideas when she comes to live with him as his ward after her father dies and names the hero her guardian. Lord Stacks is dreamy, a perfect hero. Freddie is an adorable heroine, full of pluck but not ridiculously hoydenish. I wish there had been more explanation of Lord Stack' s past with Elizabeth, perhaps not necessarily regarding her death but about what people really thought of her. I wish the doctor could have gotten an HEA. I felt like he only fell for Freddie because she was in Stack' s household and he saw himself as the white knight coming to her rescue. Poor Catherine. A great read, very well written, the characters very well drawn. Very highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.