Willy W. reviewed on 5/8/2011 + 503 more book reviews

This didn't really work for me. While Wynter was very romantic and Charlotte was a good match for him, I just never could connect with either character. Further I found the primary romantic conflict - his belief that a man can never love a woman - annoying and contrived. I think given their very different background, their disparate family lives, the fact that he's been married and has two children, that he has lived in another country by another set of social rules for his entire adult life - that would be enough conflict without this love business. Charlotte's past "scandal" also seemed weak and her easy abandonment of her strict social etiquette maligned her character for me.

There were some very sexy scenes between Wynter and Charlotte which saved the book, but it was largely a disappointment. I've read Christina Dodd contemporary romance and I much prefer it to this. I feel her characterization and the understanding of the time period to be lacking.

3 stars

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