Review: Quick steamy read but with inconsistencies
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I'm very conflicted about this novella.  On the one hand, it uses the plot device of a newly married couple in the Regency period, which was a bit different, as was the first-person journal narrative.  It had plenty of heat which I'd expect of an erotic story but still had enough plot to be plausible.On the other hand, despite being well-researched I found Lady Catherine very difficult to believe - she seemed too worldly to be a true lady of the time period.  Further, her husband's reasons for giving her poor "relations," as I'll call them, are spurious at best.  One is not all gentleman or all despot - it's a continuum, and Lord Bexley could have lived happily in the middle.  In addition, there were *so many* mentions of her "water" that it was a bit off putting.I got this book for free; it was a very quick, spicy read.  Worth the price I paid for it, any way.