They meet on a rooftop in Boston on the night Ryle loses a patient and Lily attends her abusive father’s funeral.
Hoover’s ( November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional heft.Īt first glance, the couple is edgy but cute: Lily Bloom runs a flower shop for people who hate flowers Ryle Kincaid is a surgeon who says he never wants to get married or have kids. However, the pleasures of spending time with the large, loving, and very funny Wilde clan compensate to some extent.Īn uneven but ultimately rewarding second-chance romance. Extended sensual scenes disrupt coherent plotting. North’s post-traumatic stress evaporates, and Diana takes rash actions that seem less and less in character. Both characters suffer a bit in the second half, which shifts to recovering North’s reputation. The first half of the novel is a delightful second-chance romance that captures the wonder of coming to know someone intimately, body and soul. But as North copes with the powerful wartime memories that disrupt his sleep, he finds himself spending quiet nights in the nursery with Diana, where they develop a lovely friendship over toast and honey. Diana loves her work in the nursery, has no desire to be a lady, and that, it would seem, is that. In fact, he finds he is still attracted to her, even more so now that the Georgian wigs and powder of a lady have been discarded to reveal a shock of red hair and a velvety laugh. North accepts Diana’s explanation of Godfrey's true parentage and her sincere apology for all that has occurred. Her charges include Godfrey, a toddler whom everyone believes belongs to North. When he returns, he is stunned to find his ex, Miss Diana Belgrave, at work as a governess in Lindow Castle.
The Duke of Lindow’s heir, North bought a commission and left for the war in America. Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde left England two years ago, when his fiancee fled their engagement party and disappeared. A jilted gentleman returns to England to find his former fiancee employed as a governess in his family’s castle, with a baby everyone thinks is his.
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