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Romance
Victorian era
Yorkshire, England
The
story begins with Tristan Sinclair, Viscount St. Ashton, in a black mood as he
approaches the Fairford estate in North Yorkshire to attend one of the
Brightwells' notorious parties. Upon hearing a woman weeping in the woods he
goes to investigate and finds Valentine March, a drab, mousy companion recently
victimised by the daughter of the house, weeping over a ruined piece of artwork
that had belonged to her mother.
The
storyline is fairly predictable, as is usual in the romance genre, with a
brooding hero and a beautiful young woman alone in a dreadful situation, but
the writing is lively and entertaining without errors or typos and tells the
tale from both his and her perspective. Minor characters are less finely drawn.
St. Ashton’s father is important to the plot, but is scarcely more than a name
and a series of orders that mightily displease his son. In true romance style,
the focus is all on the feelings of the couple who are slowly drawn together.
The pacing of the story is good and the dialogue between the couple is
entertaining.
My
only negative is that having followed their adventures I flicked over to the
next page expecting more only to find I had reached the end of the book. A
rather abrupt ending in my view. I find it difficult to tell length or word
count with an e-book, but this one felt much too short. The fact that I wanted
more must say something good about the quality of the author’s work!
© Jen Black
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