wolfie0516 reviewed on 12/7/2010

Helpful Score: 1

Great book. Didn't want it to end. This story is about one of the de Valere brothers who went missing during the French Revolution after peasants burned their home when they were children. To get the most out of this story, you should really read Book One first (The Making of a Duchess). Without reading it, you won't understand how the main character became the way he was and why he's in such an uncivilized and uncommunicative state. Book One actually leaves off with his rescue from prison by his brother, Julien, and the story picks up from there.

It was interesting to have a love story written from the unique position of a person who has not had contact or interaction with society and the outside world for 12 years. This perspective allows very basic and direct emotions and/or urges to dictate how the couple interacts, rather than following the established rules of the ton for acceptable behavior and etiquette. That created some funny situations in the story. Overall, it was a great book that I didn't want to end. I liked it better than the first one, which I actually liked a lot.

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