Lady Anne is shocked when Captain Lord Hartley Corry—her former fiancé who left for India after her father forbade their marriage—returns to England and acts as if everything is all water under the bridge. He never fought for her hand or eloped with her as he promised and he thinks she’d still be willing to marry him? Not a chance.
Hartley is equally shocked to literally run into his past love upon arriving at his brother’s house. Though he yearns to take advantage of this second chance to woo his beloved, he can hardly admit that he is secretly a spy—at least not until he can be sure he trusts her. But convincing Lady Anne to let him prove his sincerity by courting her respectably all over again might be his undoing. Because all he wants is to show her how much of a rogue he can be when the right woman is in his arms…AMAZON 3.5 STARS
I liked the unique people in this book as well as their unusual situations. It was a nice touch about Anne being the "hat lady". She worked WITH her oddity instead of against it. Besides she really loved creating and wearing hats.
They were so young when they were first in love. And of course, they made many of the mistakes that go along with their youth. Of course in the past, they did have some people trying to keep them apart. And their motives were not done out of love but out of cold determination.
Both Anne and Hart are good characters who are letting pride, hurt feelings, a sense of betrayal get in the way of their getting together now. They don't fully trust each other anymore and are afraid to get hurt again. Both have insecurities that amp up those feelings.
There are other people in the book but we don't get to see too much depth about them. I guess because the story really is more about the "battle for love"between Anne and Hart.
It ends up being a fun short story with a well deserved H.E.A.
I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review.
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