Karin A. (Jerseygirltoo) - reviewed on 6/16/2014 + 455 more book reviews

This is my first Isobel Carr book and I really liked it a lot better than I expected to. The whole premise of this league of second sons seemed silly, and I didn't like the opening chapter, where the hero made a bet about being able to bed the heroine.
Here are the ways it worked for me:
1)The Georgian era setting, different and original
2)Good historical details and atmosphere, the author did her research homework
3)The hot love scenes
4)The secondary love story with the heroine's father and the hero's older sister-could have been icky but it was actually great, I loved Margo and Lord Arlington and was happy to see them get their HEA
5)The lovely supportive relationships between the hero and his siblings(sister and older brother)
6)The male friendships among the League of Second Sons, and the subplot where they rescue the fiancee of another of the members.
What didn't make a whole lot of sense was the heroine's reason for forcing a fake betrothal-it's a corny plot device. But it did serve the purpose of giving the H&h a reason to spend a lot of time together, so I ignored the illogic.

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