Susan S. (MoonLily) - , reviewed The Viscount's Betrothal (Harlequin Historical) on + 72 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was a fun story. I wanted a bit more at the end, but my imagination will suffice since the characters were developed well enough to guess the reactions of the auxillary characters. An enjoyable read. Medium emotional. Nothing heavy or dark.
A pleasant little snowbound regency, with a heroine who is considered by her family to be too tall and therefore unmarriageable (though they keep pressing uninterested candidates on her) and therefore "poor Dessy" - even in an age when marriage was pretty much the only respectable and stable life for a woman, they are particularly thorough in making her miserable as a misfit. Dessy has had a lifetime of being told to *try harder* and having the humiliation of being paraded before potential suitors.
In attempting to escape another one of her half brother's setups, Dessy and her maid set out in weather which turns worse than expected, and they are stranded in the country in a deserted house with Adam and his servant. Adam is the first man Dessy has met who is taller than she is. She and Adam are attracted to each other -- is it snow and propinquity, or is it the real thing?
I liked this book,though I could have done with fewer idealized sex scenes and more conversation.
In attempting to escape another one of her half brother's setups, Dessy and her maid set out in weather which turns worse than expected, and they are stranded in the country in a deserted house with Adam and his servant. Adam is the first man Dessy has met who is taller than she is. She and Adam are attracted to each other -- is it snow and propinquity, or is it the real thing?
I liked this book,though I could have done with fewer idealized sex scenes and more conversation.
