"Lessons in Love trilogy ends with the best romance of all."

Spinster Lucinda Barrett envies her two best friends success in marrying reformed rogues. Each friend took rascals and transformed them into gentlemen by using "lessons" the women had compiled. However, Lucinda wishes for a calm, steady gentleman who'll keep her life simple. She chooses the "Adonis" Lord Geoffrey, her father's military protégé, knowing he'll marry her to advance his career. The only snag in her plan is when the complicated Robert Carroway offers to aid her in bringing Lord Geoffrey up to snuff.

Robert Carroway spent seven months of hell in a notorious French prison where he sustained severe injuries. For three years, he's made his older brother's home his haven where he endures the panic attacks and blackness that engulf his soul. Society labels him damaged goods, not realizing the extent of his injuries. Robert makes a visible effort to rejoin the human race when he realizes his interest in Lucinda.

Lucinda presents calm and tranquility, which Robert desperately needs. She responds to the wounded man and finds herself irresistibly drawn to those devastating blue eyes. Complications arise when rumors of treason swirl around Robert. Lucinda must decide if she desires calm serenity or uncertainty and passion with a complicated man.

Ms. Enoch ends her Lessons in Love trilogy by saving the best for last. Intrigue and romance blend perfectly to make this a touching, compelling read. It belongs on your keeper shelf.

Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 16, 2004

Summary

Lucinda is the last of three friends who agreed to turn the tables on London's most incorrigible rakes. But love is the farthest thing from her mind. A Hero in Disguise With her two best friends happily married, Lucinda Barrett realizes she can no longer put off her lessons in love. The rogue she hopes to educate must be someone who will keep her life steady and uneventful -- and that someone is definitely not Robert Carroway! The handsome, brooding war hero is far too complicated, and he shuns London society and its "trivialities." Still, it is a pleasant surprise when Robert offers to assist Lucinda in her mission to reform and wed a more suitable nobleman. Now if only she can resist the sensuous allure of Robert's astoundingly blue eyes -- and his intense inner fire that leaves her breathless. Lucinda wants a husband, not a passionate, irresistible lover who could shake her world with one deep, lingering kiss. And her heart is telling her that this man could be the most dangerous, disastrous...and exhilarating love she will ever know.