I've recently become a fan of Anite Mills works and sadden she didn't write more as she can write silly romances to heartwrenching. Newmarket Match starts off kinda slow but picks up quickly. The shinging light in the book was of course the leads who really grow to be stronger people as they fall in...
The 4 stars are for Mary Balogh's enchanting story.
Rating based only on Mary Balogh's story, which is one of my top favourites of hers. It just grabs me by the heart-strings every time I read it.
Mary Balogh's story is delightful. Mary Jo Putney's and Anita Mills' stories are good too. Haven't yet read the other two.
If I were to rank my traditional Regency romance novels ("serious" novels of the time such as Pride & Prejudice notwithstanding), "Scandal Bound" by Anita Mills would be in my top three, if not the number one spot outright. Considering I've read (literally) hundreds of these novels, that says quite ...
I loved the book, both hero and heroine were ultimately likeble characters. The hero went slightly on the wrong path by making the heroine his mistress in exchange for defending her father but he saw light soon enough and did the right thing, especially never telling her the truth about her father.
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