BOOK- The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane-Tansy, left penniless by her late father, has been putting herself out as a governess to other people's brats for two years when she is somehow caught up in playing chaperon to a distant cousin, the sister of a duke, no less. Ashley Benedict, Duke of Avonall, is a man beleaguered. His grandmother is a terror, his sister a lovely but none-too-bright chit, his valet a superstitious twit, and his aunt Lucinda is ... well, odd. Now, Ashley has a new problem ... how to keep himself from falling for Tansy Tamerlane. AMAZON LINK
I found this story to be one that I had mixed feelings about. For those that want to know, it was a clean reading story. I liked the blunt speaking Tansy and found her fun and unusual, often these two traits getting her into trouble all on its own. The lofty Ashley often didn't know what to do with her, how to deal with her. She often got the best of him, with her quick wit. When he wasn't wanting to strangle her, she made him laugh out loud. His sister, Emily really was a twit relying on her beauty to gain her what she wanted. That and a tantrum or two when she didn't get her way. That was fun to read because she often got set straight by Tansy and a few others. The ones that got on my last nerve were Ashley's valet, Farnley who was so superstitious he could hardly function, never did warm to him. And the other, was Aunt Lucinda, who just couldn't hold a normal conversation. She was always spouting quotes. After awhile that didn't bother me so much; her quotes were usually dead on in accuracy of the moment. She was just eccentric. The Grandmother I adored, she was like Tansy in a lot of ways; just older.
My last comments are that it felt like it went a bit too long.
But I also laughed out loud more than once at some of high jinx going on. So like I said mixed feelings.
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