Review: A good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2013
I liked this story.  I am not sure how closely it stayed within the Regency period but that didn't bother me.Our heroine is the daughter of a disgraced Duke.  Her father intends to marry her off to a merchant.  She has other ideas as the man is old enough to be her father and he behaves in a disgusting manner in general.Our hero is a former ship`s captain who has made his fortune.  He wants to establish his own shipping company but needs a ship.  He wins one in a game of cards but the Lord who lost refuses to turn over the deed.Both characters have secrets regarding the past.  She wants to be able to look after herself, and he fears he won't be accepted because he is in trade.  The couple find themselves starting to care about each other but aren't secure in their feelings.Events bring about their marrying and they set on a course to establish the shipping company.There is a villain who shows up occasionally.  I wish there had been a better resolution regarding him.  That situation didn't have a sense of being resolved at all.I didn't find the love scenes to be much more explicit than most, and they aren't repeated over and over.Over all I found the story to be interesting and would recommend it.