Review: 3.5 stars, really wanted to like it more
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
I have read previous works by Therese Stenzel so I was excited to get this one---a contemporary marriage of convenience story (interested already) with a British character (love that!). I liked the premise but was a little disappointed with how it was executed. As others have already stated, Emma needs to marry rich Jonathan to pay off her late husband's gambling debts. Jonathan needs to marry because he believes a wife and child will make his father see him as the next heir to the family's soda empire. He was jilted at the altar before so he doesn't want any feelings to complicate their marriage agreement, but of course they do. I felt the problems that arise between the characters and the way the story was written was stressful and drawn out, at times. I have read her previous works,Bride of Thistleloch Castle (Book 3 in the British Missives series-stories of Adventure and Romance on British Lands)andChristmas Mail-Order Brides: Four Mail-Order Brides Travel the Transcontinental Railroad in Search of Love (Romancing America)and they were both enjoyable. I give 4 stars for the story and 3 stars due to numerous typos/editorial mistakes for an average of 3.5 stars.