reviewsbyerin

We first met both Colin McCrae and Lady Georgina in A Noble Masquerade, and I have to confess that I was not overly enthusiastic about either of them as main characters when I started this novel. Colin had been just okay as a minor character, but Lady Georgina had been downright annoying. However, as the author unfolded their personalities, suddenly I began to see them in a new light.

Georgina is hiding a terrible secret. She feels she must make the most eligible match before the world finds out about her deficiency. I'm not going to spoil her secret, but let me say that this was woven very well into the story and it's something I've never seen addressed in this way before. Nicely done on the author's part!

Colin is a business in a world of gentlemen. He holds no title, and his fortune has come through hard work—hard work he's still engaged in. He despises socialites like Lady Georgina, whose company he keeps being thrown into. Is there really nothing more in the woman's head than schemes to land the highest ranking unmarried man in Town?

Yet as their time together continues, Georgina can't get Colin's good sense out of her head, and Colin begins to see there's unfathomable depth behind Georgina's veneer. Could they ever possibly find a way to bridge the gaps and prejudices between them?

This was a really great story with characters who ended up being surprisingly compelling. I became a huge fan, and this will be a story I think about for a long time. Will it be my favorite of the series? Keep watching this space to find out!