⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. I was completely drawn back into the world of the Goode family and the personal struggles of Rosaline and Eli.

BLURB

Rosaline Goode lives with her sister Prudence and her husband, Sir Morley, right next to an elderly lady with a very tempting conservatory. And she loves nothing more than stealthily maneuvering from her bedroom window through the skylight to secretly use the telescope there. Unbeknownst to her, Elijah Wolfe, wealthy American, and Sir Morley’s friend, had bought the house next door, and he doesn’t take too kindly to midnight stargazers. He follows Rosaline all the way back through her bedroom window, believing her to be nothing more than a servant. Until they are discovered by Rosaline’s family and Elijah finds himself in a position he never wanted to be in, on the way to the altar.

MY THOUGHTS

Rosaline is a strange but compelling combination of naïve and brazen. She comes across as quiet and drawn in, but she also had the gumption to ask Elijah for a proper marriage, not just one in name only. Elijah’s heart had been battered and he doesn’t trust anyone, but his small, strong wife is slowly worming her way under his skin and soon he can’t resist her. Eli was a big surprise. He is brass, loud, and swears whenever the mood strikes him, which is quite often. In other words, completely different from all the English gentlemen around him. They seem to be an odd couple, but their differences are what draw them together and make this unlikely pairing work.

I really enjoyed this book, as always from Kerrigan Byrne. I can highly recommend it to any reader of historical romance. This is book five of the Goode Girls series, but you don’t have to read them in order. Other books in the series are: A Dark and Stormy Knight, Courting Trouble, Dancing with Danger, and Tempting Fate.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Genre: Historical Romance