Published: March 10th 2020
Publisher: Indie-published
Length: 220 Pages
My Rating: 3 stars
Blurb:
When Margaret Carberry’s mother drags her upstairs at a ball, Margaret does not expect her mother to tie her to the bed and lock the door. Unfortunately, Margaret’s mother has taken it upon herself to declare Margaret compromised—whether or not Margaret wants to resort to such tactics to snare a husband.
Jasper Tierney, the Duke of Jevington, is surprised to encounter a half-clothed woman sprawled upon his bed. He is even more shocked to discover her identity.
Margaret Carberry is renowned as an incorrigible wallflower, not a seductress, no matter how appealing her bare flesh is against his bedding. When Margaret declares she won’t go along with her mother’s scheme and will find a husband on her own, Jasper vows to assist her, lest Margaret’s mother concoct another method to arrange a compromising situation. Jasper is certain of one thing: he has no desire to marry.
As Jasper works to match Margaret to a fellow duke, the prospect of a forced marriage with her lacks its earlier loathsomeness. Perhaps he missed his chance for true bliss.
My Review:
This book started out so well. I loved the set up of Margaret tied to the bed and being discovered by Jasper. The author had plenty of opportunities to make this a five-star story. There were elements that had she committed would have been hilarious. There were also times when the author could have injected some action and danger, but once again, she shied away from it, taking what could have been a page-turner into a sedate bore. This book was an okay read, but it could have been so much more.
I received an arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
*Blurb and cover image via Goodreads.
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