Review: Intelligent yet sinfull and full of sass...the most seductive neighbor from hell yet.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
Truce is a tantilizing tale that takes you back in time to when it all began...Robert Bradford loved to torment his neighbor Elizabeth Stanton when they were children.  He was only a few years older than Elizabeth and really enjoied picking on her.  He cut her hair, called her names, would sneak up on her and scare her, and most of all loved to harrass her about her crush on his brother.  One day she had enough, and revealed a dirty little secret about Robert to all of his friends that very quickly he was unable to deny.  From that point on her avoided her like the plague.He was able to avoid her for over a decade.  Now his parents were dragging him and his brother to the Stanton Estate for a party.  No matter what he would not go near Elizabeth Stanton."Oh, do stop pouting, Robert," his mother said teasingly. He glared at her from across the carriage. "I am not pouting," he said firmly. "I just don't understand why...no, let me fix that, how you managed to talk me into this."A lot can change in fourteen years...Elizabeth can't stand to listen to one more man try to court her with their only thought being how much her dowry would be worth to them.  She does not want to be the host of another party, but she promised her father that she would not sabbotage her her chances to find an acceptable suitor. So, she takes the first chance she can get to sneak out of the party to the orangery.  At least she has Shakesphere to read to take her mind off things.Robert decides he needs a breath of fresh air and notices a beautiful orangery not too far away with the lights on.  Surely he can escape for a few hours in there and perhaps take a nap.  Once inside Robert hears a woman's laughter and it is intoxicating to him.  He finds a beautiful woman sitting a bench reading a book.  She has obviously found something funny in her reading.Elizabeth is suprised to look up and find the sexiest man she has even seen looking at her while she is reading.  The second thier eyes meet Robert is quickly drawn to her.  Sparks ignite. Robert becomes possessed with passion when he finds out that this gorgeous woman is reading his favorite book. Not only is she breathtaking but she is intelligent to boot.  He can't stop himself from kissing her.  Once their lips touch a deep desire to claim her takes over and Robert cannot get enough of her.  Elizabeth's heart is racing.  What if this is the only chance she will ever get to be with someone that is not looking at her as if she was a price tag.  She does not know him, and he does not know her.  The thought of having one night of passion with a total stranger takes over and she gives to him as much as he will take.What happens when Robert's sexy stranger ends up being his childhood nemesis?  What will Elizabeth do when she finds out that her one night of passion was with the boy that tormented her when they were children?This is by far my favorite book in the Neighbor from Hell series.  I love that R.L. Matthewson takes the reader back in time and gives them just enough detail that they can imagine what life was like back then.  Robert Bradford ends up being my first book boyfriend by then end of Truce.  R.L. Matthewson does a superb job developing her his character and creates a perfect match for him in Elizabeth.  Elizabeth is a sassy seductress (Minx), and is also intelligent and kind and does not mind getting her hands dirty.  She likes to cook and wants to learn how to hunt and fish.  Women were frowned upon for wanting to do these things.  In that era hunting and fishing were mans work and the cooking was done by the housekeeper, not the lady of the house.  I really admired Elizabeth's spitfire spirit.This book took me on and emotional rollercoaster.  I laughed, cried, buried my head in my pillow, and felt my temperature rise on more than one occasion.  R.L. Matthewson masterfully mixes a sassy heroine with a sinfully sexy man, that knows how to work with his hands, and creates an enchanting story about love, kindness and passion.