3.5 Stars (slightly better than good)
This novella (it is listed at 182 pages on Amazon) is about
a young girl (Cheryl “Cherry” Elton) and a man (Lord Skylar Westbrooke) who are
to be engaged sight unseen. Cherry finds
this unacceptable and endeavors to run away.
Lord Westbrooke is doing it for convenience. He needs someone to look
after his young siblings who are a bit of trouble. As luck would have it, Cherry runs straight
into Lord Westbrooke and becomes his governess, something for which is both
over and under qualified for. Neither
knows who the other is. Cherry has given
a false name to Sky and never knew her betrothed’s name. I loved the language in this book, it made me
smile. Things like, “you are the best of
all great brothers,” and, “welcome Lord Brother.”
I liked the premise of this book as explained above, but
there was no other source of intrigue or danger. That is why it doesn’t get more stars. But the writing kept me coming back for
more. I wanted to read about how Cherry
would figure out who her employer/secret betrothed is and how Sky would figure
out who Cherry was. Of all the ways for
it to come out, I felt it was slightly anti-climactic. I wished that Lord Sky had somehow been able
to sleuth out the mystery and lead Cherry on a mad chase to get her to
confess. Anyway, I look forward to
reading more from this author.
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