4 Stars
Unexpected connection
Our story starts with the two main characters Alexander Reddington, second son and now the Duke of Beaubrooke and Lady Lavinia Wynnburn, the socially inexperienced middle daughter of the Earl of Abberforth. Alex, never expecting to become the Duke of Beaubrooke has spent his life studying botany, and his goal is to create a hybrid plant that can help people. Lady Lavinia, Livy, feels that she has been outshone by her two sisters’ beauty and talents, so she has devoted her time to reading, and fading into the background. An accurate description for one, and a shield for the other. Michelle McLean takes the story she’s set up and gone where her readers might not expect. Well written, with characters developing throughout the book, with good side characters. Of the two main characters Livy is the one I felt did not really grow through her life with Alex. She becomes a totally different person to the people around her, while her inner self is still stuck as who she was before she met Alex. I enjoyed the book, and by the end of it saw that both Alex and Livy deserved the lives they wanted. The only thing that threw me was the title, which I still am not sure about. I was given an ARC of the book through NetGalley and Entangled Publishing and this is my honest opinion.
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