Review: Appealing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2013
Disguised as her brother, Cassandra Littlemen tries to fulfill her dream to catch a Blue Morpho butterfly and goes to join noted entomologist, John Keep, in Africa. Instead of the kind, elderly man, she finds his son, William Keep, leading the research. He's been newly knighted and is secretly engaged to Queen Victoria's granddaughter. Using deception and manipulation, Cassandra manages to force William to keep her as his research assistant. However, the more she lies, the farther she moves from God. Still, as the two scientists work together, they began to care for each other, but the situation gets stickier and stickier. When Cassandra's father comes for her with a man he wants her to marry and William is called back to England by the queen, their positions become even more precarious. With no solution in sight they're forced to put the mess into God's hands.Therese Stenzel writes very well, so there were few mistakes. "Inscects" was used for "insects," "he" for "she," "lean" for "learn," and "my" for "me," but these could be scanning errors. I didn't know what was meant by "the drool building."The story was interesting, and the characters were fully developed--flaws and all. I'm so glad I discovered this author. Her novels appeal to me and fit what I'm looking for when I choose a book.