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“Look elsewhere, Miss Ailsworth. Beauty does not belong beside me.”
“And yet your soul is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.”
Miss Cordelia Ailsworth has spent years hiding her brilliant mind behind polite smiles and meaningless conversation. In secret, she publishes groundbreaking botanical research, never guessing her anonymous work has captured the admiration of England’s most feared duke.
Sebastian Trollope was once a celebrated scholar… until war left him scarred and withdrawn from society. Now known as the Beastly Duke, he lives in isolation, until he meets a young woman whose gentle courage sees past every wound he has tried to hide.
But Cordelia’s secret life is more dangerous than she realizes. And when her identity threatens to come to light, she must decide whether to protect her reputation… or trust the only man who has ever understood her heart.
--MY 4 STARS- REVIEW NOTES TITLED: Sweet Love Challenges
Sebastian was such a good man who has suffered so much and now has isolated himself for years because of his facial burns. His charming, but cold cousin Thomas is working to make Sebastian irrelevant. He has charmed the ton into believing he was the best of men when in reality he is devious, evil and cruel. Cordelia is a great observer and sees through his charm pretty quickly ! It made me want to see him taken down a peg or two or even something worse ! His grandmother Eleanor was NOT easily fooled and she was in Sebastian's corner 100 %. She didn't want to see him climbed over by Thomas and is quick to give Sebastian the verbal boot often to try to get him out of his funk. It's hard work but she refuses to give up. She's one tough but loving woman and I liked her a lot !
I also really liked Sebastian's' best friend, Mr James Henderson. He was the best of men and a really good friend to Sebastian. He also wasn't shy about the verbal encouragements either !
Priscilla is Cordelia's cousin and even closer, a friend that cheered for her even without knowing the secret that Cordelia was hiding. James and Priscilla were made to be a couple and I was rooting for them. Unfortunately, her mother and father, Margaret and Geoffrey Barlow were in neither her daughter or niece's corner. They were repressive bullies with Margaret being the worst ! Making matches with RICH, influential men was their only goal. Forget about the women being happy in their marriages. Although both of the couples are longing for love !
Disaster looms erupting at the worst possible time for Cordelia.
It comes to a smashing good end and a really great Epilogue.
On a final note I like how the Latin words "Veritas Vincit" was included in the story as well as the translation that "Truth Conquers."
I received an ARC of this book and am leaving my honest thoughts on this book.
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