Marguerite Kaye

I can't turn down a book offered for free on the Kindle set in Historical Romance Times Past by an author I mostly enjoy! Its a short book (really a novella), but there's a bit packed into it and felt like the set-up that it (probably) was. We learn just enough about Rosalind's friend Kate and her family to know that when next we meet this family one of the daughters or the feckless son shall be ensnared in love's crosshairs.

Rosalind and Fraser are a fun match. Rosalind often felt the more experienced and mature of the two, while Fraser felt more uncertain of himself. They're chemistry is quick and burns bright, but Kaye does make them cautious (at least temporarily) and pragmatic. The end I think is what made me enjoy the book then I think I initially thought I would--Kaye doesn't make make this a 'We've known two days we should be in forever love let's get married!' story. She has both Fraser and Rosalind realize that together they can have quite a bit of adventure and fun, so why not just go traveling together (since neither cares about society anyhow)?

No mentions of love, forever or matrimony (though I'd lay odds in one of the companion books we find out they do get married, but that's fine since at least they would KNOW each other by then) just straight up 'You're fun, why let it end?'.… (mer)