Helpful Score: 6
I really loved this book. It starts out being about the Duke, Colton, and his new bride Brianna, but the secondary romance between the Duke's youngest brother Robert and Brianna's best friend Rebecca, ends up getting almost equal time by the end of the story. Both couples were delightful to read about, it's hard to say which I liked better. The Duke & Duchess's story had more erotic scenes, because they were already married, but R&R's story had more romantic tension because you don't know how they'll get their HEA. The middle brother, Damien, works for British intelligence during the Napoleonic wars, but he's home on leave and is also part of the story. The interaction between the 3 brothers, who are all very different, but have close relationships with each other, was lovely. The most amusing part was when Damien sees that Rebecca has fallen in love with Robert, but Robert is reluctant to marry, so Damien does a very good job as a Cupid/go-between. The best line is from Robert after Damien has connived to get R&R alone together: "Is this the type of thing Bonaparte has to deal with? I pity the little Corsican, I really do." Made me lol!
The other thing I loved about the book was that the author was able to construct a whole story and keep it interesting without any extraneous plot elements, like evil enemies, terrible conflicts or impossible obstacles keeping the characters apart. That was the way Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer did it, and you have to be a good writer to make the character development and the steps of the courtship dance enough to keep readers turning the pages.
If you are looking for a fun read, without any heartbreaking agonies or angst, you can't do any better than this. 5 stars. I hope Emma Wildes will write Damien's story, I'd love to see this whole family again.
The other thing I loved about the book was that the author was able to construct a whole story and keep it interesting without any extraneous plot elements, like evil enemies, terrible conflicts or impossible obstacles keeping the characters apart. That was the way Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer did it, and you have to be a good writer to make the character development and the steps of the courtship dance enough to keep readers turning the pages.
If you are looking for a fun read, without any heartbreaking agonies or angst, you can't do any better than this. 5 stars. I hope Emma Wildes will write Damien's story, I'd love to see this whole family again.
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