"An outstanding historical. Highly Recommended!"

Gillian Leigh is an accident waiting to happen. Everywhere she goes, chaos ensues. She's already five and twenty so she's 'on the shelf' so to speak. Her aunt and uncle in America raised her anyway so she's an uncouth colonial. Now she's back in England staying with her cousin Charlotte.

Lord Noble Wessex, The Black Earl, takes one look at Gillian and just has to meet her. She's refreshing and different from most of the debutantes. He's looking for a bride to be a mother to his son and Gillian seems to be just what he's looking for. He'll just have to curb her enthusiasm but that doesn't seem to be too bad a job or is it? Now if he can just get society to accept him after the scandal of the accusation that he murdered his first wife, he'll be set.

This is without a doubt one of the funniest historicals I've read in a long time. Gillian's antics and the way she interferes in Noble's life are just absolutely hilarious. Gillian is such a refreshing heroine and is just what Noble needs in his bitter lonely cold life. Nick, his son, also needs Gillian to pick up the pieces of his shattered life and put them all back together as a family. I highly recommend this most outstanding book.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 9, 2001