Review: I'm not sure why this type of plot device can't be avoided...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
This wasn't a bad story and I did like the English grammar and spelling. The premise really isn't one of my favourites and always prevents me from truly enjoying a book. I'll say what it is in the spoiler below. Basically the h is in hiding from something in her past and she is renting a dilapidated property on a Duke's estate. The H is the Duke and he is injured when he falls from his horse. The h is a healer and takes care of him without knowing who he is. The h is looking after her younger twin sisters and is posing as a married woman. The H is under pressure to take a bride in order to have an heir. He has promised his mother that he'll choose a bride from one of the young ladies who have come to his house party. The h is very beautiful and the Duke is very taken with her but she is married and isn't of noble birth so he can't choose her.+++Spoilers+++The h is beautiful, a skilled lace maker, a healer etc etc. It's all quite a lot to handle. She also doesn't share her secrets with the Duke, who could obviously help her and I found it a bit irritating. The H proposes to make the h his mistress and this young, virtuous woman readily accepts!! I hate this plot device so much. It spoils a book for me. I truly found it ridiculous that she'd give up her innocence in a heartbeat after turning down other suitors for years. On the up side the Duke always confessed to loving her but says he can't marry her (because she isn't good enough).Not a bad story and not bad writing.