Review: Not worth the time
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2011
I chose this book for the free price and great reviews.  I've been on a Regency reading tear lately, so this book appealed for that reason also.I didn't hate this book.  It didn't make me throw my e-reader against the wall, but I strongly do not recommend it.  Here's why:-The plot is extraordinarily weak, so much so that I felt nothing really happens in the book!  I could sum things up in 2 sentences at most, but won't for spoilers' sake.  This book was so predictable that it was almost insulting.  I scanned many pages in this book.-The H/h had no "character".  The Hero was 32 yrs old and had done nothing with his life.  He hadn't served in the military or taken his seat in the House of Lords.  After reading other books where the main men did those things or at least had some sort of accomplishments, I did not like this Hero, Adam.  He seemed lazy and lust-driven to me.  Literally, all  he did in the book was have sex with the heroine and fall in love with her.  All the action to resolve any "conflicts" was done by others or conveniently by chance.  About all I know about him was he was a devastatingly handsome and disgustingly rich earl who desperately wanted to bed the heroine.  That's it.-The heroine was beautiful, which is beaten into your head over and over.  She was in a bad situation.  I was a bit disappointed in some of her choices.  She seemed kind of weak.  There wasn't much to her other than her looks.-The story is basically about adultery.  Yeah, it happens now and did then, but I couldn't wholeheartedly cheer this relationship on.  And for the heroine to fall into it so easily did not sit well with me.  That seemed a bit non-Regency to me.  I was convinced of their lust for each other, but not really the love.I guess you could also say the book was about love conquering all, but it does not conquer a weak and predictable plot and one-dimensional characters.