I have to say, I'm a Meredith Duran fan. I appreciate her writing which is at times quite lyrical without being fussy, and her plots are not overly predictable or self-evident. In this one, the complexity of her characters is what delighted me most. To have a heroine with an itsy bitsy drinking problem is quite a step off the straight and narrow for romance writers! The hero in this one has his endearing quirks and darknesses as well. On the whole a very good read. Now to acquire the next in the series... This book grew on me. I actively disliked the first half because Liza and Michael were both intolerable whiners for most of it, and vapid children to boot. Luckily the second half had a bit of a magic reset and I quite enjoyed it from there. I'm particularly looking forward to its sequel though, as there is something very appealing about a Duke emerging from a Howard Hughes-esque episode to have his revenge. I also apparently need to catch up on her other books because, though not part of this series, a lot of couples from her previous books make an appearance. It was a bit frustrating at first because I didn't know the backstory that was clearly being alluded to, but checking out the blurbs for those books helped.
Do You like book That Scandalous Summer (2013)?
This is the one with the doctor who is a duke's brother and a notorious widow.
—Holden
