Review: A Little Wicked and a little sweet too
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
Cheryl Holt is back in fine form with her latest novel Wicked.  This regency romance has a good cast of characters and a nice plot too.Rose Ralston is a spinster who has taught at a girl’s academy for years.  When the proprietor, Mrs. Peabody, passes away, Rose’s world shifts completely.  Instead of teaching, Rose has been given a small dowry and an arranged match has been set up by her mentor Mrs. Peabody.  Rose is to marry Stanly Oswald, and older gentleman and she is to proceed to his home immediately.When Rose arrives at Oswald’s home she meets James Talbot, a man who has been a ward of Oswald.  Rose finds James very attractive but she is there to marry Oswald even if he is 70 years old.  Oswald is direct, and a little unfeeling.  He is desperate for Rose to bear a child as he has no desire for his brother to inherit when he dies.James is a bit of a rogue and he is charmed by Rose who is open and sweetly engaging.  He is a bit thunderstruck at his feelings for her.  Rose is at first wary but the more time she spends around James the more she grows to like and love him.  Rose is unafraid to express her feelings, this is one of her best traits.  She expresses herself well.  James is not as introspective but he still is emotional and he has just a touch of the bad boy to make him interesting.  This is a nice beginning to the Peabody school for Girls series.