This is a quick, stand-alone story for lovers of Regency romp and wit. My only complaint was the long periods of time that the hero and heroine were apart. Carey Delverson, one of the three Delverson Devils (2 brothers and a cousin), meets Rowanne Wimberly just as he is about to leave to join Wellington's troops on the Peninsula.
During the years spent apart, Carey is injured and the wonderful Rowanne decides to discretely check out kissing amongst the lords and lads still in the country. Carey has the 'Luck of the Devil" because he is repeatedly injured, but returns to England to take over the reins of the dukedom that he eventually inherits.
The relationship between Rowanne and her brother Gabriel is interesting and unusual. Rowanne isn't so worried about finding a spouse for herself so much as finding one for her brother, who is an absent-minded member of Parliament. They are such a charming pair of siblings.
Of course, there are the antics of dogs (2, this time), Carey's half-sister who fell in love at 4 and still moons over her carrot-topped best friend, and an illegitimate relative, or two, etc. Before the book is over, Carey finds the war to have been less dangerous than life amongst the rustics at home.
During the years spent apart, Carey is injured and the wonderful Rowanne decides to discretely check out kissing amongst the lords and lads still in the country. Carey has the 'Luck of the Devil" because he is repeatedly injured, but returns to England to take over the reins of the dukedom that he eventually inherits.
The relationship between Rowanne and her brother Gabriel is interesting and unusual. Rowanne isn't so worried about finding a spouse for herself so much as finding one for her brother, who is an absent-minded member of Parliament. They are such a charming pair of siblings.
Of course, there are the antics of dogs (2, this time), Carey's half-sister who fell in love at 4 and still moons over her carrot-topped best friend, and an illegitimate relative, or two, etc. Before the book is over, Carey finds the war to have been less dangerous than life amongst the rustics at home.
