If she is able to free herself from her shackles, will she accept his love ...
This is my second read by Mrs Amelia Grey, a lovely story about giving one’s trust and deserving it.
Julia is done with men controlling her every action, she longs for her freedom, to extract herself from her in-law clutches.
And for this, she needs leverage, but she might tread in lurking waters.
So when Garrett presents himself after rescuing her from an embarrassing issue if she had been caught, he seems the man of situation.
Garrett is her complementary soul. When he has refused the easy life stretching in front of him if he accepted his inheritance as a son’s peer. He wanted to be the master of his own life, be the hand and head behind his wealth and success.
Encountering Julia reawakens all he longed for. She fulfills all his dreams, if only she would trust him.
Julia and Garrett are twin minds, they want/wanted their freedom, and while he achieved it, she still struggles about it as there is no real independence for a woman in her time.
Their story is one of small gestures becoming grander, as they work together to free herself and in the meantime they fall for one another.
It is a tale of few actions, more about speculation as the only thing between them is the duke and his overbearing and controlling way.
And while they run after time to unearth a way to release Julia from her father-in-law’s grip, the story is interlaced with moving scenes and full of fun moments like the opening chapter and cooking attempt.
While I would have liked a bit more of actions, the sensual scenes were sweet and Garrett is a wonderful hero, from the very beginning he takes matter in hands and nothing will deter him from his path. I ready it quickly and easily, loving how the storyline unraveled with the growing of the main couple feelings, they really never doubted their sentiments, they just needed a few insights to accept them.
Now I am left curious about the third widow, what is awaiting her in Paris, or elsewhere.
I am dithering between 4 to 4.5 stars, as while I liked the characters, I missed a bit more of action, but the humorous moments also compensated for the lack of big drama.
So it will be a 4.5 stars as I had fun reading Julia and Garrett story, I just wish the next book will be less static.
A special mention for the cover, it reflects perfectly the light spirit of this story.
I was granted an advance copy by the publisher St Martin’s Paperbacks. Here is my true and unbiased opinion.
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