Rating: 
Summary: somewhere between 4 & 1/2 and 5 stars
Review: Prudence has been in love with Nicholas for so long...but the last thing she wants is to marry this man when he does not love her, and to potentially see him come to resent her.I had tears in my eyes so many times reading this book. Prudence's situation was heart-rending at times. This is a very emotional story; right up there with the best of Mary Balogh in that regard. Pru is a sweet, shy gal who has managed to survive her boisterous, aristocratic family who take her for granted. It was so fun to watch her try to be flirtatious and seductive--she just couldn't. over the course of the story she grows confident adn strong. Nicholas is a realistic hero with some serious, though not insurmountable, character flaws, including his selfishness and his hypocritical views of the aristocracy versus himself and Pru. This is a sweet love story about a woman who dreams of an impossible love, only to discover that her dream man isn't perfect but only human, and a man who grows to love the wife forced upon him by discovering who she really is and by learning some unpleasant truths about himself. These two do not love because, but despite...despite their flaws and the difficulties in a relationship. It's a very mature, realistic, and warm story that touches the heart. Perfectly lovely.
Rating: 
Summary: Sweet Book
Review: This is my first book from this author..... And it wont be my last. It was a sweet love story, and I loved reading about the Ladies Cabinet.
The reason it only got 4 stars from me, was not the writing, she is a wonderful writer, it just didn't grab me, where I couldn't put the book down. Took me over a week to read it, unlike my 5 star books, that make me not cook, not eat, not clean the house, till the book is done. It was not that kind of book. But it was good enough that I will check into her other books.
Rating: 
Summary: Just didn't do it for me.
Review: This was my first by Candice Hern, and regretably I was disappointed. I have read all of Nicole Jordan, Lisa Kleypas, Gaelen Foley, Sabrina Jeffries, and many more. This book didn't have any sexual tension to speak of. The hero was a sweet idiot and the heroine was a plain dowd. Not enough chemistry for me and quite frankly, not enough romance.
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