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Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
The Perfect Stranger is a story you can read on its own but it is connected to a family of sisters. This is Faith's book and actually is my first book from this series that I have read. I rolled for this book for the Romanceopoly Reading Challenge under the prompt "Wedding Season". And this was a easy pick because historical romance with marriage of convenience, I was all for it. And the wedding moment was just beautiful so I think I picked right for this promt. The Perfect Stranger is a fun adventurous themed story, of a stubborn heroine, a stoic hero and some hilarious companions and a feisty gypsy lady who joins their group and delivers so many delights.

First Line
Voices. There were voices in the dark, in the sand hills. Mens voices.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Nicholas Blacklock
The Heroine: Faith Merridew

Summary
Faith always dreams of finding the love that her parents had. Growing up she didn't have the best childhood at times, she has a love for music but her grandfather abused her for her talents. She thought she had fallen in love with a singer, but turns out he was already married and their wedding was fake and now she is on the run in the coastal hills of France and she is rescued by a sexy stranger, a Waterloo Veteran, Nicholas Blacklock, who offers her marriage of convenience to save her from the scandal that is following her. She willingly accepts and through a turn of events, their marriage of convenience turns into something so much deeper than either of them expected but Nicholas is a time bomb and he can't give her what he dreams of giving her but despite his resistance Faith gives him hope, love and laughter in a time in his life where everything is bleak for him...

What I Loved
The Perfect Stranger was stunning! I had so much fun with this one. And this is what I truly miss from historical romances, that sense of wild adventure. And this definitely had that in spades. This is more of a cozy romance though, most road trip adventures, will have that vibe within them. I was sucked pretty quickly in the story. And even though the pacing wasn't perfect in this story, it definitely had so many fun moments and the BANTER was top notch in this book. But Anne Gracie always has such endearing banter that has you laughing from beginning to end. But no worries she will also dig deep on your emotions because I needed a whole box of tissues for this book. I loved how we get these slow reveals, a heroine willing to fight for the hero and be the wife he needs and learning to enjoy the moment with her husband. Nick is a very stoic hero, stuck in his own world of despair, but Faith brings such light and hope into his life and we see such a great change in him. And how it all ends...was so fascinating with a hint of magical realism to it. I always love that when authors will had in that cool miracle.

What I Struggled With
The pacing was a bit slow at times if I am being honest. And how some of the angst was handled not my favorite thing. But other than that it was entertaining and an enticing read.

Overall View
The Perfect Stranger digs deep into the heart, it brings thrilling sensations of adventure and intimacy and wraps it up in a bow with a ending to curl your toes! A SOLID WINNER!

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Historical Romance, Regency Era
Character Types: Military/Veteran Hero, Heroine on the Run
Themes: Adventurous, Laughs/giggles, Wit/Charming Banter, Band of Brothers
Tropes: Road Trip Adventure, Marriage of Convenience, Unrequited Love

Book Perspective
3rd POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Relationship Conflict

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Laura Lee Guhrke
Jennifer Ashley
Mary Balogh

Song This Book Inspires
Anything's Possible by Lea Michele

Recommendation For Reading Order
You can read as a standalone

Steam/Spice Explanations

Simmering cup of tea---soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.