Review: More interesting topic than is usual for a  HR novella.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2013
If you read the 2009 anthologyThree Weddings and a Kissor the 2010Three Times a Bride, then you've already read this Chase novella.  I've never been a big fan of anthologies so this was new to me and a pleasant surprise.I've always enjoyed Chase's heroines.  They're not mousy little females waiting for a hero to rescue or take care of them.  As a matter of fact, they do a lot of rescuing of the hero.  (Take Jessica Trent, for example, inLord of Scoundrels.  She was just what Dain needed to heal his psyche.)The heroine here is no exception.  Gwendolyn Adams is interested in medicine and mental health but, limited by her gender, cannot be a doctor.  So she wants to build a hospital and be involved in its running, medical doctor or not.Our hero is Dorian Camoys, Earl of Rawnsley.  His mother died in a madhouse and he and those around him are certain he is mad and will meet the same fate.  So, to insure there will be a next-generation Rawnsley earl, he is encouraged to marry and beget an heir before his madness overtakes him.Dorian is a friend to school chum Bertie Trent.  (Remember Bertie?  Jessica's brother in LORD OF SCOUNDRELS?  That makes for a bit of fun and even a reconnection with Dain and Jessica within the novella.)  Well, Bertie is cousin to Gwen and it's decided that Gwen would make the perfect wife.  Gwen, of course, needs money to build her hospital, so it's a win-win situation all around.  Assuming they can convince Dorian that he needs an heir, that is.Well, that's all you need to know.  Just sit back and enjoy the reading.  Watch Gwen rescue Dorian.  It's a lovely story, with great characters and an interesting look at mental illness and its treatment in the 1800s.