Review: Sort of plodded along
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
This one was slow moving.Our heroine loves the hero, and they had pretty much expected to wed when he returned from fighting the French.  However, he is wounded and scarred -- and upon his return, he finds his parents have died in a fire at their house.  He is drunk when he talks to the heroine and bungles his proposal of marriage.She has a strong aversion to a man drinking as the result of an uncle's behaviour.  The uncle hit his wife when he drank and possibly killed his child while in his cups.  She isn't sure about him or her feelings for him.  Her mother feels her daughter has set long enough on the shelf, and she wants her to have a season and choose a husband.Then she questions his finances.  His father had sold off some of their land and invested in some mills.  She wants to be sure he isn't mistreating the child workers.The tale was a nice one, but moved along rather slowly to me.  Still, I would recommend it.