Review: AN ADORABLE 6 YEAR OLD FAIRY GODMOTHER IN TRAINING!! NEW AUTHOR ANNABELLE BRYANT TAKE A BOW!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
This story has a 6 year old Fairy Godmother in training, a likeable step-mother who wants a brief and passionate affair, an Earl who gets knocked down a few pegs and a redhead female who doesn't want anything to do with London's Season.Isabelle Rossmore is practical, quiet, reserve and loves nothing more than being in her colorful garden. Her father emotional abused her until he died. The Earl told her she was ugly with her red hair, unsual coloring, figure and that she was always a disappointment to him. Isabelle grew up to believe she was flawed. He remarried to Lady Melissa because he wanted a son. Melissa is a lively, exuberant and full of life, an exact opposite of Isabelle. The marriage was a disaster, but they had a daughter, Lily. Isabelle loves and cherishes Lily as her own. She doesn't want Lily to ever feel unloved like she did.Constantine Highborough, the Earl of Colehill, is called a scoundrel and most eligible bachelor in the London's scandal sheets. The ton whispers that he can have anything he wants. Con is deeply scarred inside and out by his father's emotional and physical abuse. He is an illusionist by hiding himself under many layers. Con loves nothing better than painting (in secret) to bring color into his life. Con's life would be disorganized and lonely without his friend/valet Brooks. His only true friends, besides Brooks, are Devlin, a duke, and Phin, a viscount. No one has ever seen under his armor and he likes it that way.Melissa wants to go to London for the Season because she wants to meet and hopefully capture Con for herself. She has memorized all the scandals that involved Con and Isabelle could care less about gossip. Isabelle doesn't want to go, but her 6 year old sister, Lily, and Melissa talk her into it. Con is in town and sees Isabelle across the ballroom. He finds her breathtaking and does the unthinkable, he asks a footman to delivery a dance invitation to her. The footman asks the wrong woman, Melissa, and things go so wacky after that. Without the help from bubbly, adorable and rambunctious Lily and her crazy button collection, Con and Isabelle would never keep bumping into each other. What will Melissa do if she finds out about Isabelle and Con? Will Isabelle be able to peel his many layers and find the true Con? Can Con proof to Isabelle that she is beautiful inside and out? Can they defeat the many obstacles coming at them? And let's not forget, did adorable Lily get a dormouse?This book dealt with something that touches my heart, abuse. It's one difficult subject to write about. Only a handful of books that I have read, like "A Lady's Revenge" can do justice to the subject so well that I know in my heart that characters are healing! Now Ms. Bryant is one among the very few. I do not think Isabelle and Con would have healed without one another. Little hilarious and angelic Lily was the cherry on top of the sundae character for me. I laughed so hard it hurt with her developing MANNERS! Since we have a cherry, Brooks is the whipped cream. (Have I made you hungry yet!) He has a outrageous story about how Con and he meet. I don't want to spoil it for y'all. Of course is not a romance without the steamy, sensual and awesome scenes and Ms. Bryant does deliver. I am giving this book 4 fingers up and 8 toes.Received a NetGalley ARC for honest review.