I do have to give kudos for a charmingly irascible grandfather and a truly villainous villain. They were both also unrealistically selfless and heroic. The hero and heroine both had tortured, tragic backgrounds - far too tragic to be realistic. Especially at the romantic and sexual bits. Flowery? gushy? Definitely far too full of cliches. The writing style wasn’t really for me though. I liked the story well enough, and I’m always a fan of the fake relationship trope. If I had been reading it I probably would have given up partway through. The audiobook narration was excellent, which is probably why I finished it. I wavered between rating this a 2 and a 3.
But what begins as a simple journey leads them into a shattering vortex of danger and betrayal - and a fiercely passionate love that can no longer be denied.Ībout the author: A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author, Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity and include historical and contemporary romance, fantasy, and young adult fantasy. Reluctantly, he agrees to the masquerade.
Then fate offers Catherine a fortune, a title, a heritage for her daughter - if Michael will impersonate her husband on a visit to a wild Cornish island. Even when freed from her empty marriage, she conceals the truth because of the bleak knowledge she can never again be any man’s wife.
In Michael Kenyon, she sees the strength and kindness she craves, yet for honor’s sake, she must conceal her love and send him away. But in the shadow of Waterloo, he faces a far more dangerous threat - the loss of his heart to the beautiful battlefield nurse who saves his life yet can never be his.Ĭalled a saint for her virtue and selfless courage, only Catherine Melbourne knows the tragic flaw at the core of her spirit. Honed by danger and haunted by the past, Lord Michael Kenyon finds it easy to risk his life for his country’s sake.
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