Helpful Score: 1
Normally I LOVE ballad Romances, but this one just didn't hit the spot. The main girl is very wishy-washy to an unbelievable extent. I almost wanted to hit her several times. The marriage of convince, One of my favorite plot devices was completely unbelievable it started out good, he sees her crying they talk and he offers to marry her?? To me that would NEVER have worked.
Anne Barrington's hopes for escaping an unhappy life in the court of Queen Charlotte are shattered when the young courtier she loves jults her for an heiress. Her devastation is witnessed by James, Lord Westland, who -- moved by her fragile, ethereal beauty -- offers marriage as a solution to both of their dilemmas: Anne is desperate to leave the Queen's service; James needs a wife to provide him with an heir...
