My Lady's Honor (Harlequin Historical, No. 629)

Rating:
Summary: Mediocre and flawed
Review: Justiss manages to combine a strong heroine with a boorish, though supposedly honorable, hero -- a hero you want to like, but often cannot because his actions are often reprehensible. It makes the reader wonder how the heroine can love this man who treats her with such little respect.

Justiss also makes far too many grammatical and other writing errors for the reading to be smooth or the writing of top quality. By the way, Ms. Justiss, there's no such word as "idiotish." There are also a number of historical gaffes and plot errors (Has the author even seen a waltz? It doesn't appear so since the stance is repeatedly described incorrectly.) There is also far too much exposition, too much "telling" rather than "showing," making many segments of the book remarkably slow.

To be fair, the love scenes are decently written, and there moments of witty repartee and romance. Unfortunately, the cons outweigh the pros, and the moments when you think the potential might be realized after all never come to fruition. One & 1/2 stars.