After a disastrous, abusive marriage, Minerva Hepplewhite has become quite good at self-sufficiency. Even so, her funds are dwindling so when she learns of a mysterious inheritance from a duke she never met, she’s shocked but rather pleased. If only the man who tracked her down wasn’t so attractive and distracting.
Chase Radnor is leery of Minerva, unsure of whether she’s just a woman scorned or is she could be a murderess. He knows Minerva changed her name and his inquiry into his uncle the duke’s death has Chase convinced it was no accident. Minerva would’ve had plenty of motive and she’s just as aware of that fact as Chase is so she sets up a discreet detective service to rival Chase’s, despite being woefully unqualified. Though rather annoyed, part of Chase can’t help but be charmed and wonder if Minerva is just who he needs to help him solve the mystery of his uncle’s death. But the more time they spend sleuthing together, the more intense their mutual attraction becomes and soon Chase wants much more than a partner in his investigation.
Sidenote: I’d like to point out that the blurb on this one is misleading in that it implies that Chase and Minerva were acquainted previously and he had investigated her before, neither of which was the case.
I just couldn’t really get into this one. I didn’t care much for or about the characters and they felt a bit flat to me. Minerva annoyed me with her insistence on butting into what was really more of a family matter for Chase, even if there was a slight chance of it affecting her in a fairly roundabout way. I was a bit confused by the relationship between Chase and Minerva here simply because they had a slight attraction one minute and the next there was love. Their relationship was shown more than told, which I do like, but in this instance it felt rather one-sided. I never could quite figure out what exactly was so fascinating about Minerva that had Chase making all these concessions for her when she really treated him rather badly and used him for her own purposes. I enjoyed the mystery aspects of this book and will likely continue the series to keep up with that. I wasn’t a huge fan of this one but after reading it I’m looking forward much more to the stories pertaining to the heroes of the next books. This had the potential to much more ‘unputdownable’ but fell a bit short of that for me.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Chase Radnor is leery of Minerva, unsure of whether she’s just a woman scorned or is she could be a murderess. He knows Minerva changed her name and his inquiry into his uncle the duke’s death has Chase convinced it was no accident. Minerva would’ve had plenty of motive and she’s just as aware of that fact as Chase is so she sets up a discreet detective service to rival Chase’s, despite being woefully unqualified. Though rather annoyed, part of Chase can’t help but be charmed and wonder if Minerva is just who he needs to help him solve the mystery of his uncle’s death. But the more time they spend sleuthing together, the more intense their mutual attraction becomes and soon Chase wants much more than a partner in his investigation.
Sidenote: I’d like to point out that the blurb on this one is misleading in that it implies that Chase and Minerva were acquainted previously and he had investigated her before, neither of which was the case.
I just couldn’t really get into this one. I didn’t care much for or about the characters and they felt a bit flat to me. Minerva annoyed me with her insistence on butting into what was really more of a family matter for Chase, even if there was a slight chance of it affecting her in a fairly roundabout way. I was a bit confused by the relationship between Chase and Minerva here simply because they had a slight attraction one minute and the next there was love. Their relationship was shown more than told, which I do like, but in this instance it felt rather one-sided. I never could quite figure out what exactly was so fascinating about Minerva that had Chase making all these concessions for her when she really treated him rather badly and used him for her own purposes. I enjoyed the mystery aspects of this book and will likely continue the series to keep up with that. I wasn’t a huge fan of this one but after reading it I’m looking forward much more to the stories pertaining to the heroes of the next books. This had the potential to much more ‘unputdownable’ but fell a bit short of that for me.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.