Entertaining but average historical romance. I read it in a day (175 NOOK pages), so if you are looking for a book that you can get done on a weekend day for a reading challenge, this might be choice to consider. When I downloaded this book it was a NOOK freebie, and may still be. It is the start of the Gentlemen of Honor series. 3 stars.
The highlights:
1. Takes place in rural Ireland as opposed to London. Lots of "Ayes", "ye" and the Irish accents. The scenery described was beautiful.
2. Not a Regency - best estimate is late 1700s, near the time of Britain and her colonies in America starting to have their falling out. There was no time period given by the author. But Britain was at war with Spain and France.
3. The heroine pretty much made this book for me. She was neither a wallflower, nor a delicate debutante, nor a 21st century women in a historical. She was smart and ambitious, and loved her village and its people. She was capable but knew when to ask for help and did not fail to show gratitude for that help.
The Mehs:
1. The magic of the wee folk and fairies. Considering this took place in Ireland, it was a given that some sort of folklore/magic was to be found in the book.
2. The hero. I believed the couple were in love, and considering her choices, the heroine couldn't do better than Captain James, but I found him straddling the alpha-hole line at times.
3. The Irish and English high society members. There were still balls, fox hunts, and the like so the reader was not taken too far away from the normal stuff found in historical romances.
The lowlights:
1. Ugh, that villain. A little too cardboard cutout for my taste.
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