My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult, Christian
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance
Content: Clean
Her heart is her own--but her hand in marriage is another matter. Lady Charlotte Featherington is destined for great things on the marriage market. After all, as the beautiful daughter of a marquess, she should have her pick of the eligible nobility when she debuts. She, however, has love at the top of her list of marriageable attributes. And her romantic heart falls hard for one particularly dashing, attentive suitor. Sadly for Charlotte, her noble father intends her betrothed to be someone far more dull.William Hartwell may be a duke, but he knows he was Charlotte's father's pick, not the young lady's own choice. And the captivating Lady Charlotte does not strike him as a woman who will be wooed by his wealth or title. While she has captured his heart, he has no idea how to win hers in return--and the betrayal and scandal his first wife put him through makes it difficult for him to believe that love can ever be trusted. His only hope is that Charlotte's sense of responsibility will win out over her romantic notions.Can a widowed duke and a romantically inclined lady negotiate a future and discover love beyond duty? Will they be able to find healing and hope from the legacy of grace?
This book was hard to put down but I can't give
it more than 3 stars because there were some things that annoyed me.
Characters just brushing off things that were happening instead of
investigating more. Characters that seemed inconsistent at times with
their actions and decisions. A lack of communication between characters.
Some characters actions not being quite believable for the time period.
And just like in the previous book, the Christian themes, though good,
were very heavy handed. If done well they can enrich the story, which is
one thing I enjoy about Julie Klassen's and Roseanna M. White's books.
They add to the story without taking over the story.
Things I
did like about this book were the slow burn romance, the growth of
certain characters, and though heavy handed, the shared values the
characters had.
I'm on the fence about reading the third book in the trilogy, even though I want to see how Clara ends up finding love.
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