Laura Landon

I was given this book in exchange for my honest review.

About: Captain Caleb Parker was the lone bachelor, holding out long after his fellow traitors had tied the knot. He held himself to no standard but to do good in the world. Until he met the countess. Lady Eleanor Grattling moved him in ways he'd not experienced, tempting him with images of a marriage he knew could never be. Her title and his low station would see to that. Still, every instinct drew him closer, determined to save her from Virgil Blackboot and the evil that threatened her children. All fifty of them.

Review: This was a very short read for me, normally I'm not into shorter books however I loved this book. Even though this book is the 4th in it's series, you can read it as a stand alone. The story was great, I like the hero type romance stories. Even though there were no sexual scenes in the book, I could tell the two main characters were infatuated with each other. This is the type of romance book I would let my 14 year old read due to the fact there are no explicit scenes.

Eleanor was a great addition to this book, I loved her strength and determination to save as many children as she could. Back in this era most people wouldn't even think to do that, but Eleanor knew how to use her station in life wisely. Captain Parker was your normal hero type except he had a soft spot for kids, I knew I liked him as soon as he helped the little boy get to Southern Oaks.

The author is a great writer, there were no grammar or spelling errors. I was able to read the book without getting bored with the story (doesn't happen often). Now that I have read this book I am starting the other books in the series. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that wants a good quick read.… (más)

I thought this would be a candidate for the abused/traumatized heroine shelf, but the attempted rape seems to have had zero impact on the heroine and is treated as less of a betrayal than Stephan’s affair with her mother. While I enjoyed the mystery aspects, the supposed romance just was not plausible to me. The heroine is constantly lying to the hero and making stupid, short-sighted decisions, even when it is far past time to put all the cards on the table. And the hero is an asshole who kidnaps and threatens and extorts the heroine and is hostile and cruel to her when she refuses to have sex with him because apparently getting blue balls makes him the real victim. It felt random and somewhat bewildering when the hero and heroine decide they love one another. There has been nothing but lies and threats between them and suddenly over the course of a couple weeks they are in love? I just couldn’t buy it. This had a lot of promise, but in the end I felt like it was an unbelievable “romance” between an almost TSTL Mary Sue type and a cruel hero a la 80s bodice-rippers. I was surprised to dislike this as I’ve really enjoyed Landon’s other books.… (más)