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"A wonderful historical from a talented author we've missed."
Reviewed by Margaret Ohmes
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 16, 2004

Alistair Carsington, third son to the Earl of Hargate, has been given an ultimatum by his father - find a well-dowered bride or a suitable occupation with which to support himself. Since Alistair's luck with women has never been good, he accepts his friend's offer to help build a canal. Read more...

"Terrific historical tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 27, 2004

In 1817 Earl Edward Carsington is tired of paying the bills for his third of five sons and the oldest unmarried one. He demands that Alistair in his late twenties either finds a wealthy wife or earns income through business. Rather than wed, the melancholy war "hero" joins Read more...

Summary

Alistair Carsington really, really wishes he didn't love women quite so much. To escape his worst impulses, he sets out for a place far from civilization: Derbyshire--in winter!--where he hopes to kill two birds with one stone: avoid all temptation, and repay the friend who saved his life on the fields of Waterloo. But this noble aim drops him straight into opposition with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, a woman every bit as intelligent, obstinate, and devious as he—and maddeningly irresistible.

Mirabel Oldridge already has her hands full keeping her brilliant and aggravatingly eccentric father out of trouble. The last thing she needs is a stunningly attractive, oversensitive and overbright aristocrat reminding her she has a heart--not to mention a body he claims is so unstylishly clothed that undressing her is practically a civic duty.

Could the situation be any worse? And why does something that seems so wrong feel so very wonderful?