Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.
When her imposing—and attractive—new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges, if he can find them loving homes.
Done, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens?
And a two-legged dog.
And a foul-mouthed parrot.
And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog...
Easier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and heart on saving him.
Not if he ruins her first. (Pub Date: Aug 13, 2019)
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
It had been long since a book made me laugh so hard.
But I'd still say it's a 3.5, rounded up to 4.
Penny is content in living with her dozens of rescued animals and not in balls trying to find a husband, but her family thinks the opposite and in order to prevent getting sent away from London, Penny agrees to get rid of the animals and show her face more to the London society. That's also in Duke's best interest, since he wants to sell the house right next to Penny's. But as the two get closer on that mission, Duke isn't sure anymore of what he wants most, to sell a house or to build a home.
I guess this is the third book in this series. I got to read the previous number and was already aware of how fun Tessa Dare can be, but my memory didn't betray me. The big highlight in this book is how much fun you'll have with her hilarious style. It's not only about the dialogs, she does know how to make humor. The romance was also cute, I liked the idea for their motivations and mainly their interactions.
I think the thing that actually disappointed me were inaccuracies. I'm no expert, and yet it was too much for me to ignore, which spoiled a little of the fun of reading a historical romance. If you're one to care for details, I suspect it should also bother you.
Also, after the first half, we do have some interesting conflicts to solve but the story itself turns more predictable, falling to the formula we'd already expect from the genre. There was nothing negative but also very little that stood out so my interest gradually fell.
But if you're following the series, you'll be satisfied with all the cameos, long enough for us to enjoy the characters from past books again and check that they're still living their happy ending.
I recommend this to anyone who's a fan of historical romances, unless inaccuracies bother you too much.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
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