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alisonb's review
4.0
This was an endearing book about finding family in the unlikeliest corners of society.
I found Colin’s search for his siblings to be a noble endeavor. As we get to know Colin’s character more we see that his motives go beyond the philanthropic and lean more towards his state of loneliness in the world as perpetuated by his horrible parents. Colin’s story was my favorite aspect of this book because his motives and personality were unique and had a quiet depth.
Colin’s romance with Ainsworth was sweet and he deserves love-as does she. Yet, I did feel the ratio of emotional development to physical intimacy was imbalanced. I would have liked to see more development emotionally so that when the declarations of love come, they feel believable.
Perhaps, the romance was a bit unbalanced due to this being the first book and the need to establish the search for Colin’s siblings gave a lot of page time towards interactions with secondary characters. Either way, the majority of this book held me interest and it was a highly enjoyable read.
3.75 ✨’s
I found Colin’s search for his siblings to be a noble endeavor. As we get to know Colin’s character more we see that his motives go beyond the philanthropic and lean more towards his state of loneliness in the world as perpetuated by his horrible parents. Colin’s story was my favorite aspect of this book because his motives and personality were unique and had a quiet depth.
Colin’s romance with Ainsworth was sweet and he deserves love-as does she. Yet, I did feel the ratio of emotional development to physical intimacy was imbalanced. I would have liked to see more development emotionally so that when the declarations of love come, they feel believable.
Perhaps, the romance was a bit unbalanced due to this being the first book and the need to establish the search for Colin’s siblings gave a lot of page time towards interactions with secondary characters. Either way, the majority of this book held me interest and it was a highly enjoyable read.
3.75 ✨’s
loverofromance's review
4.0
I have been meaning to return to this auathor but was nervous as I knew that she had gone self published and I tend to be more picky about regency books these days. But as I was browsing the KU catalog, I saw this one and I just had to grab it up. I haven't read this author since her westerns came out. I was thrilled though to see that she went back to writing. When I started reading this one, I didn't realize that it was connected to her previous regency series "Fallen Ladies" And this is connected to the hero of the first book "Luck Is No Lady" and I was so charmed by this connection. I found the set up to be quite an interesting one here. What we have is the hero, who is looking for his long lost half siblings who were abandoned by their father. When he finds his younger sister, he is endeared by her found mother who raised her after her mother died giving birth to her. Pretty quickly these two don't like each other, but when they all go to London, the hero and heroine are in a forced proximity situation and I had a fun time seeing them learning to let go and like each other. I did find their bantering pretty entertaining and I loved the family connections that get built within the storyu. I am super excited to read the rest of the series on this one. Its definitely going to be a fun one!
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