Review: Sheer entertainment!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2012
When the Earl, Richard Hamilton, asked the feisty Emma Grey for her hand in marriage, she was delighted. Her parents were very happy with the union, but when the Earl wanted to marry Emma immediately, Emma's uncle, the Duke of Arden, decided they must wait a year, instead of the two months Richard wanted. He was livid...how dare he be thwarted by a Duke!So when Emma was instructed to go to stay with the Duke and the family for an extended period, and therefore not see her beloved, they concocted a plan. The Duke needed a new head gardener, so Richard applied (even though he knew very little about gardening), and with some devious help, became the head gardener.Emma found herself with her cousin Catherine, Catherine's step mother (who was decidedly a little weird) her uncle, and her uncle's sister, who was the chaperone for both Emma and Catherine, and had lived with the family for as long as Emma could remember. She was having trouble working out how she could see Richard, without the family becoming suspicious. And of course, she couldn't tell her cousin, even though they had never had secrets from one another.Things got even more confusing when the Duke decided to invite the Earl to visit the family, so he could get to know him better....Murder suddenly entered the mix, and the Duke needed to work out who the killer was, and with such a large number of suspects, would he be able to find the killer before he struck again?This novel had me laughing out loud in places. The comedy of errors, the diversity of the characters, the murder mystery with a sprinkling of humour thrown in....I was sorry when the story ended.I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a regency romance/murder mystery.I was given this e-book by the author for an honest review.