Review: Not as good as the rest of the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
I've enjoyed the first three books of the Accidental Peers series and expected the same from the latest installment, but, sadly, it was not to be. Unlike in the previous books, the underlying conflict in the story, to me, felt artificial.If the hero decided he wasn't going to marry the heroine and she was better off marrying another, why did he chose her betrothal ball for his return to polite society after six years of absence? Ostensibly, he wanted to make sure she was marrying a man, who would make her happy, but I wasn't convinced. His blowing hot and cold did neither of them any favors, opening old wounds and nearly destroying her reputation. And, the way he made the point about his being poor husband material? That was deliberately cruel.I suppose, the complete turnaround in his thinking and determined wooing her away from her fiance should have redeemed his past behavior, but didn't. Don't get me wrong, the final chapter of the book was what I had hoped the entire story would be about - finding ways to deal cope PTSD, building a family, and fitting into society - it just wasn't enough to make up for the contrived trading of bedfellows