I have to say I’m way impressed by Harlequin’s historical line. The covers on these romances are awesome and singularly stunning. Especially this one [WMSB]. I love how the heroine’s head is tilted back; it’s provocative and slightly defiant. She looks like she is in the middle of a particularly sassy set down. He looks smug, confident, and ready to stop her tongue lashing with one of his own. His hair is a bit weird, but he makes up for it with great posture and his strong jaw.

See my cover below:

This Victorian novel takes place in England at the time when trains are being built and the at the beginning of the times when a man earns fame and respect by his deeds not by who his daddy was. Myles Moorcroft is a third generation nobleman, who started his career as a navvy (short for navigator) and worked his way up to being in charge of contracting new lines and building the rails for his father’s company. On an outing surveying the land for the straightest, easiest route from east to west, Myles has an encounter with Lucinda (Lucy) Vernley, an earl’s daughter.

Lucy is stunned speechless by this man. He has a body to jumpstart a corpse’s pulse. Unlike any man she met during her debut season in London, the navvy stirs her blood and her heart. However there is no way her father would ever let her marry a man like him. Her parents are pushing the heir of a viscount at her. Lucy finds Edward cold, but struggles to find something redeeming about him to latch onto in hopes it’ll be the starting point for love to grow between them. Rank and apparent wealth make Edward the ideal candidate, but is he? Will Lucy follow her heart or her father’s dictates?

It was tough going getting into the novel at first. On top of that I thought they fell in love with each other much to quickly, I didn’t see or feel it happen, but it did. Also there were several cliché plot devices one of which include near rape, getting lost in a blizzard, and attempted murder. Very chaste, no sex.

Rating: 2.5-3 Stars

Originally posted 2009-01-21 05:50:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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