Decent but not great. There just wasn't enough conflict between the hero and the heroine to keep my interest up. And if there isn't conflict between the main couple then there should be outside conflict. The first half of the book had this. They were running from the bad guys. Yeah! But then they get back to England and suddenly he inherits a title and they get married and the whole thing grinds to a halt. Then it's all so saccharine as they figure out how to save his patrimony. That turns out to be amazingly easy and serendipitous.

All that being said, it wasn't horrible and I will continue with the series ( )

A great romp, another superb entry in the Lost Lords series.

Miss Sarah Clarke-Townsend, twin to Mariah who is married to the Duke of Ashton, realizes that her twin and herself are in danger of being abducted. She quickly realizes that Mariah should hide and she should impersonate her twin.

Rob Carmichael fortuitously arrives on the scene shortly after the abduction and immediately sets off to search for Sarah and return her to her family.

A game of chase through the Irish countryside ensues and a successful nerve-wracking escape to England is achieved. Romance is in the air and .....

One last obstacle and then happily ever after. ( )

3.5 stars rounded up. I really liked that the heroine was generally realistic and practical. Does she do a few wild things, yes she does. But mostly she is a very reasonable person. It helped ground the sort of fantastical adventures (abduction, plots, road trip, near death experiences, corruption, etc.) they deal with. The couple was a bit slow to realize they actually could just marry each other, but ah well. I liked both main characters, and there were some nice cameos from previous characters, but I think it could be read on its own as well. ( )

I really liked the OTP in this novel -- Rob and Sarah are wonderful together. However, the story is overshadowed by a rather weak mystery plot. The kidnapping starts you off thinking there is some huge conspiracy but never really amounts to much of anything. The story involving Rob's family and position is much more interesting and flesh out. And I ended up bothered by quite a few editing mistakes that stood out to me -- phrases being repeated that made no sense to appear twice (for example: Rob thanks Sarah for something and then 5 or 6 pages later thanks her for the exact same thing but apologizes for not having thanked her, yet) and a couple typographical errors. I was reading the paperback version, so I cannot even blame software issues.

All in all, I don't want to let the minor issues detract from the overall quality of the story, but this novel has been the weakest plot-wise of the series, despite having a strong OTP. ( )

Enjoyable entry in the Lost Lords books. I liked both the hero and heroine. I did think the heroine seemed a little modern but she was believable if not authentic. The plot was good and as always in Putney's books, a very good read. ( )