Review: Engaging Beauty and the Beast tale - 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
I enjoyed this engaging tale of plucky spinster Danielle Carmichael and reclusive, scarred Earl, Rhys Ashcroft.  The two leads were likeable and their love story was rather sweet.  Their relationship progressed at a realistic pace and, while Rhys was a bit of a jerk, it was forgivable. As with many romance books, the main conflict between the hero and heroine was based on a big misunderstanding.  Thankfully, though, the conflict was resolved quite quickly before I got to the tearing-my-hair-out stage.Now call me pendantic but I did notice a few spelling errors and misuse of words and idioms - 'cuckold' is used to mean 'trick' and the phrase 'each more troublesome than the next' struck me as strange.  I was also bumped back to reality whenever Rhys received lots of 'invites' or wasn't 'taking' visitors.In all, a very nice story about the healing power of love (awwww). The author has talent and I hope she keeps on writing.