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Eloisa James

This book was a nice light romance with enjoyable characters, humorous encounters, and heart-wrenching trials and tribulations to overcome.

Gabriella Jerningham is pledged in marriage to Peter Dewland…a man whose portrait she has fallen in love with. However, upon arrival in England, it is Peter’s older brother, Quill, who she finds herself fascinated with. Tragically, a youthful accident has rendered Quill’s ability to produce an heir questionable – which is why the voluptuous Gabby is betrothed to the 2nd son.

As the story progresses and the characters unfold, it is ever more and more apparent that Gabby is much better suited to the character and temperament of the older brother than of the younger. Peter is every inch the “man about town” – a man who treasures the image and his standing in “polite” society above everything else. For a woman who grew up in India, raised by a self-important missionary to the savages, this proves to be a terrifying and nearly impossible standard to live up to.

I enjoyed reading this book tremendously.