Karin A. (Jerseygirltoo) -
Helpful Score: 1
I wanted to like this book so much. Eileen Dreyer is a very good writer, the love scenes in her first book, Barely A Lady, were well done, & I loved the main characters when we met them in that book. The premise of the story is one of my favorite HR setups, they are forced to marry after being accidentally caught in a very compromising position. But the things she made the characters do after that totally turned me off. The title is quite appropriate, because Diccan was NEVER a gentleman throughout the book. He was very selfish and careless with Grace's feelings and well-being; not the actions of a hero. They had some great sexual chemistry, but otherwise I don't know what she saw in him. I don't want to give away the part that I thought was really repulsive, because, spoiler, but suffice it to say that no sane woman would be turned on by it, although we're supposed to believe she is.
I will probably give Dreyer one more chance, but in both books, the hero does horrible cruel things to the heroine and gets forgiven in the end. I'm starting to sense a pattern here. At least in book #1 Jack had to work hard for it. Diccan gets forgiven almost instantly with barely a grovel. Another similarity between the 2 books, the hero's family is hateful and rude to the heroine, if not actively trying to break up their marriage. Reluctantly downgraded to 2 stars for extreme emotional abuse.
I will probably give Dreyer one more chance, but in both books, the hero does horrible cruel things to the heroine and gets forgiven in the end. I'm starting to sense a pattern here. At least in book #1 Jack had to work hard for it. Diccan gets forgiven almost instantly with barely a grovel. Another similarity between the 2 books, the hero's family is hateful and rude to the heroine, if not actively trying to break up their marriage. Reluctantly downgraded to 2 stars for extreme emotional abuse.
Helpful Score: 1
I found this to be a slightly frustrating read. I find the heroine to be a complete pushover, and what made it worse is that she is the daughter of a soldier, who has been to several countries,faced dangerous situations, taken care of soldiers in the battlefield but yet she lets everyone walk all over her and take complete advantage. We are also constantly reminded about how plain and un-pretty she is.
Then there is "The Scene". *Spoiler* Diccan, Grace's husband is cheating on her with his mistress and Grace watches the whole thing through a peephole. If that's not bad enough her reaction was beyond shocking, to sum it up she asked him to do all the things she saw him do to his mistress to her! At that point I was ready to close the book up for good. And if it wasn't for the fact that Eileen Dreyer has such an excellent way with her words I would have. The plot did redeem itself a little in the second half of the book.
Then there is "The Scene". *Spoiler* Diccan, Grace's husband is cheating on her with his mistress and Grace watches the whole thing through a peephole. If that's not bad enough her reaction was beyond shocking, to sum it up she asked him to do all the things she saw him do to his mistress to her! At that point I was ready to close the book up for good. And if it wasn't for the fact that Eileen Dreyer has such an excellent way with her words I would have. The plot did redeem itself a little in the second half of the book.
