Review: I'm sorry to be the first reviewer
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
I will say that I didn't read the first book, 'A Lady's Plight', because of the poor reviews. I decided to try this one instead because it was only $1 and I thought perhaps the author would've taken some of the criticism of the first book to heart.The story is that the h is to be married to a Marquis and she is concerned enough to think about cancelling it a few days before the wedding. The h tells him she loves him and asks him to give up his mistress but he doesn't respond to either of these two things. She also wants to follow him to Brussels where he is doing some work for the government and he doesn't want her to go as he's arranged for his mistress to meet him there. She had been cold towards him and when he tried to anticipate their vows, she panicked. He then gave her a very candid book on sex and this nearly pushes her over the edge. She has a secret fear of the marriage bed and wants him to delay consummation, although she promises to give him heirs. The Marquis then sweet talks her and sends her a beautiful necklace and she goes through with the wedding despite her misgivings. There is a secondary story with the Marquis' mistress and a man that she meets in Brussels, where she is awaiting the arrival of the Marquis.The h then meets the H on the way to Brussels and again in Brussels itself. The whole story surrounding him is complicated and who he is when she meets him the first time, the second time and then finally who he actually is. I'm not going to go into it here.+++Spoilers+++There is so much wrong with the story and ridiculous story lines e.g. towards the end the h and her best friend dress up as doxies so that they can attend the Cyprian ball in order to confront the Marquis. It was so ridiculous, would never have happened and even if they had caught him with a mistress, what could that have changed? A man in those days, particularly a noble, could do what he liked. There are loads of little things like this that are annoying. My biggest problem was the fact that the h's father never knew anything of the Marquis' background even though he himself is a powerful Duke. Surely he would have gone to great lengths to investigate his daughter's future husband? We get told several times about the things he could do to sort things out. I also didn't buy the fact that the Marquis would 'sell' the h just a few short days after the wedding, he would/could never have got away with that.Finally one of the criticisms about the first book as about the amount of times the word 'la' was used. Well, it's done in this book too and is beyond irritating.I won't be buying another book by this author, not even for $1.