AUTHOR: Katie MacAlister
STARTED: November 25, 2009
FINISHED: November 27, 2009
PAGES: 329
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: Gillian Leigh's first social event of the Season began with what many in the ton later labeled as an uncanny warning of Things To Come.
SUMMARY: [From Amazon.com] Noble Britton had suffered greatly at the hands of his first wife, and he refused to fall into the same trap again. This time he intended to marry a quiet, biddable woman who would not draw attention to herself or cause scandal. Gillian Leigh's honest manner and spontaneous laughter attracted him immediately. It mattered little that she was accident-prone; he could provide the structure necessary to guide her. But unconventional to the tips of her half-American toes--toes that one of them was constantly tripping over--his new bride turned the tables on him, wreaking havoc on his orderly life. And worse, demanding he surrender his heart. Perpetually one step behind his beguiling spouse, Noble suffered a banged up head, a black eye, and a broken nose before he realized Gillian had healed his soul and proved that their union was no heedless tumble, but the swoon of true love.
THOUGHTS: Kudos to MacAlister for writing a funny regency. I mean, I was genuinely snickering, giggling, and laughing my way through this book. Aside from the fact that this romance was sloppily written (I had to re-read several passages for them to make sense), this book was quite the inventive romp.
Unlike many of MacAlister's heroines, Gillian is neither TSTL nor whiny. In fact, she is plucky and strong. Her desire to do good is sometimes misguided, but it works for both her character and the story. Additionally, Gillian's chemistry Noble is plain intriguing. There is no leap-off-the-page steaminess, just a general smolder throughout the book. The secondary characters are close to being set-pieces, but their antics are so enjoyable that I rarely noticed.
While the ending scenes were a bit melodramatic compared to the rest of the book, the fact that MacAlister still retains the humor of the rest of the story makes them work.
RATING: 6/10 [Good]
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