Review: Mixed bag of storytelling
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2013
This author can tell a good story, and can write good characters. She also over uses the same words and phrases, and ignores EVERY rule of society for a historical setting. Nothing is accurate to time period.The first book, the heir, is my least favorite.  A future duke and a housekeeper who is also the valet, nurse, gardener, florist, in a wealthy household where there are no male servants? Totally contrived situations and lame story. Overuse of the word LEMONADE. Entire paragraphs about it, it is almost all they talk about. It is really distracting, to the point it drags the book down.The second book, the soldier, is pretty good, but still the author ignores societal rules, all of them. Not just a few, all of them.The third book is the best character wise. I enjoyed the relationships between the men most of all. The author built the familial relationships far better than she did the rest of the stories. All three books overuse the phrases "cuddle" and "just let me hold you"  Apparently all men want to cuddle and secretly its their favorite part of sex.If you read a lot of historicals, these books will feel glaringly inferior to you. If you can ignore that there was zero effort for accuracy, and want lighter reading that feels less historical...you might like it if its a reduced price.