A troubled widow and a dashing war hero clash in this compelling regency romance.
There are worse things than being spectacularly jilted. Losing a leg, for instance, or getting shot – well, perhaps not: The bullet Alistair took fighting in the peninsula never landed him in London’s scandal sheets.
Captain Alistair Beaumaris never dreamed he’d be tossed over by Lord Fairchild’s bastard daughter, losing both her and her fortune – a singular humiliation that should have taught him a lesson. But when your luck is out, you do foolish things, like quarrel with your oldest friend. Or mistake a perfectly respectable widow for a lady of easy virtue.
Unfortunately, that kind of blunder needs fixing. Yielding to his troublesome conscience, Alistair tracks down the elusive widow…but the only thing he doesn’t find is an easy way out.
Didn’t like this one Didn’t like this one.Â
It took me 2 long weeks to finish this one I generally zip through books, but this one was slow going as I found myself getting disinterested within a handful of pages. The beginning felt disjointed and there wasn’t anything I liked about Anna throughout the story. A vain, beautiful woman, she frequently worried about her looks. She gets back at her husband by screwing around with four different men and getting pregnant. This is worthy of Maury Povitch because she doesn’t know who (a footman in her own house a possibility) could be the…
Still left hanging After reading the first book, I should have known there would be lots of loose ends left unresolved at the end. This book ended so abruptly, it was ridiculous. I will not spend any more money on this author’s books, mainly for this reason.