Gayle Wilson

3-1/2 stars. Enjoyable romantic suspense. Interesting premise with the husband and child having disappeared 7 years ago apparently a parent kidnapping. It was odd how everyone kept saying it just wasn't normal for a man to leave a marriage and take his kid with him. I guess it's not the most common way a man would leave but surely not so odd that a man would want his child. Or otherwise what are all the child custody battles about? I liked the hero and how he was pretty sure she was the one and how he went out of his way to help her. Some odd happenings with the resolution at the end but all in all a pretty solid read.… (mer)

4.5 stars

Very well done Regency romance. More in depth than many out there. Not a comedy of manners and the characters were not just modern people dressed up in fancy clothes. It was reminescent of early Balogh's style. The hero Ian is an honorable man who falls in love with his ward who is the daughter of a cowardly man who almost got him killed in Portugal. Both the hero and the heroine are very well developed and you care about both of them. The only reason I don't give it that last half star is because I was disappointed in the brevity of the ending. I didn't get the full effect of a happy ever after because the scene was not fully developed enough. I don't want to say why and spoil it for others but I think you'll see what I mean if you read it. Even so it was worth reading.… (mer)