Review: These characters are addictive.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
I delighted in spending time out of my busy day with these characters. Their antics and romance took me back to a different era where I was there with them, wishing Phoebe would just forgive Marcus, all the while understanding why her logical brain needed more proof that he was indeed a changed man.Ella's gentle hand did a remarkable job crafting the environment. Often in historicals, an author will carry on for too long about the tapestries or gardens and I will begin to skim, wishing to return to the plot. That never happened with The Seduction of Phoebe. Ella Quinn has an excellent sense of how to layer her descriptions within her scene, so you feel an enriched sense of location about you while keeping the story forefront, moving along at a pleasant pace.Her story gave me the same tranquility I obtain from reading Jane Austen.  Her two main characters are delightful and unique people. The heroine an independent and powerful young woman. The hero is honorable, loyal, and seductively sexy. The villain is truly trollish. Yet while he is lacking in etiquette, he proves to be most clever in abductions and murder. His potential threat to Phoebe remains an ongoing undercurrent through most of the book.There are two major events that occur before the book ends, which to avoid spoilers, I won't discuss in detail. But I will say there were both handled uniquely and appropriately.This book's enjoyment begins on page one and remains steady throughout. Without question, I will be reading the two other novels in this series that are coming out soon as well.I give this book five stars with a warning: The characters of this book are addictive.