A Reluctant Courtship
October 14th, 2013. Filed under: This & That.A Reluctant Courtship
By Laurie Alice Eakes
A woman without a prospect. A man without a homeland. Can love give them a future?
Honore Bainbridge has been courted by two men, one of whom turned out to be a traitor, the other a murderer. Banished to her family’s country estate, where she will hopefully stay out of trouble, she finally meets the man she is sure is exactly right for her: Lord Ashmoor. Tall, dark, and handsome–what more could a girl ask for?
But he too is under suspicion because of his American upbringing and accusations that he has helped French prisoners escape from Dartmoor Prison. If he’s to keep out of a British prison himself and secure his place in British society, Lord Ashmoor needs a wife beyond reproach–something the vexingly beautiful Honore certainly is not. Though they find themselves drawn to each other, family obligations may conspire to keep them apart forever.
For the sake of her heart, Honore determines to prove Ashmoor’s innocence–even if doing so risks her own life.
From the first sentence, award-winning author Laurie Alice Eakes thrusts you into high drama amid the rocky cliffs of Devonshire, England, and keeps you suspended there until the final page.
ISLAND BREEZES
Honore’s judgment of men is dismal. Her reputation is so bad that her brother banished her to the country.
Meric is a gentleman fighting to better his reputation. His father, branded a murderer, escaped to America. On Meric’s arrival to claim his family’s land and title he’s tossed into prison for three months.
Honore’s father helped him obtain his release and claim his title. He also attempted to arrange a marriage between him and Honore, but after her father’s death, Meric chose not to marry her. He needs someone who will help elevate him rather than drag him down even further with her reputation.
These two. although unsuited, seem to be constantly drawn to each other. What a mess this causes. Can they even stay alive through countless “accidents” long enough to let love triumph?
Once again Ms Eakes brings us a story about The Daughters of Bainbridge House. They have all been good reads. I regret that there are no more daughters.
***A special thank you to Lanette Haskins for providing a review copy.***
Laurie Alice Eakes is the author of Lady in the Mist, Heart’s Safe Passage, Choices of the Heart, A Necessary Deception, and A Flight of Fancy, which won the October 2012 Clash of the Titles Award, voted on by readers. She won a National Readers Choice Award for Best Regency in 2007 for Family Guardian. Laurie Alice writes full-time from her home in Texas, where she lives with her husband and sundry dogs and cats. Visit www.lauriealiceeakes.com for more.
Available October 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group