The Seduction of an English Scoundrel by Jillian Hunter (Boscastle #1)

3 stars

Review – may contain spoilers

Jane is left supposedly humiliated at the alter when her fiance Nigel refuses to show up, except it's actually all going according to her plan. Nigel's cousin Grayson Boscastle feels he must come to her rescue to prevent gossip on the family name while also setting a good example for his out of control family.

I find a definite improvement already in Hunter's Boscastle series versus her older work. This story just seemed to flow a bit better. It had her funny, fast paced dialogue I've come to enjoy from her. There are definite funny parts.

I wouldn't say its extremely steamy. A few kisses, a few scenes. While enjoyable, they aren't extremely descriptive or long. One thing that made me sad was once they started happening, much was skipped over, like there is a scene where the heroine is remember what happened the night before and it actually sounded quite fun and interesting and more adventurous than your average scene but you get jipped out of experiencing it.

I will admit I am not a stickler for historical accuracy, mostly as I don't have a lot of research done for what was real and what is not possible for the time, but I get the feeling that a lot of this book stems from nonsense haha. I didn't like how fast the hero moved in after the heroine was supposedly devastated and I also didn't like the revenge-ish plot towards the end. Especially the way everyone went on with it, it was a little weird.

Anyway, on to The Love Affair of an English Lord, where Grayson's sister Chloe is the heroine.