Helpful Score: 2
Very intense, emotionally engaging, despite its somewhat melodramatic premise and villain. Doesn't have a great deal of regency atmosphere, but it doesn't seem like a wallpaper regency either. Some aspects strained my credulity a bit, but the characterization is so solid that I could overlook possible weaknesses. This author really knows how to sustain the reader's interest.
Debbie E. (debbieae) reviewed His Secret Duchess (Harlequin Historical, No 393) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the book that started my Gayle Wilson addiction. The title was a bit hokey, but I picked it up anyhow. The story of young lovers separated by bad luck and misunderstanding for years and many trials for them both. Their only hope for her freedom is his claim of a not quite legal secret marriage. Once they are together, the trials do not stop. Their son is legally another man's child.
Wildly improbable chain of events, but as entrtaining as it is improbable.
Wildly improbable chain of events, but as entrtaining as it is improbable.
