3 Stars from me.

This is book two in the series First Comes Love.

Julia Fairbright is a widow with a young son, and by all rights should be able to enjoy the freedoms that usually come with widowhood for women like her. But she is firmly under the thumb of her father-in-law, the Duke of Sprogsfield. Julia meets Garrett Stockton when he happened to stop under the very tree where she was stuck on one of the branches above him. The two of them had an instant attraction and it was described pretty well. I completely felt it with them.

Julia is trying to find evidence to free herself from her father-in-laws strict rules. And eventually she asks Garrett to help her.

Julia is a strong character. She tried to stay strong for her son while under the thumb of the duke. She made a plan to get herself out from under his tyrannical rule. She had the courage to confront the duke all by herself. Garrett supported her all the way and helped her by making his resources available to her.

The story flowed well and I don’t feel as if there were any unnecessary parts to it. It just wasn’t very exciting.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Was I hooked by this book? Not really.

Genre: Historical Romance