The Kiss of a Stranger: A Regency Romance (The Jonquil Brothers Book 0)

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I felt heart wrenchingly sorry for secondary character Catherine Adelaide Thorndale. She has musical talent and hidden personal resources. When life becomes quieter I am very pleased to see she thrives. She is my favorite character of this story.

The real estate deal was a huge opportunity. Another chance to learn, to build her resume. It would put her one step closer to a career and the financial stability that came with it. Crispin has no desire to marry any of the rich society girls who have been stalking him ever since the beginning of the season. So he hightails it to the country. Maddie faced her determined friend. She stood on one leg and pulled off her right flat, extending her flexed foot. Uncurled and staying that way. You know what happened the last time I let curled toes make decisions for me. You want to find me a man, Bree? Find one that I always know where he is on Saturday nights. A guy whose credit score is higher than his IQ. This wasn’t the California of the movies, all beaches and bikinis and smiling tanned faces. This place was fog and lashing rain. It was wind that bit at your ears and made your eyes water. Maybe it was pleasant in summer, but summer was still a long way off. It looked like any other industrial office. Desks, file cabinets, rolling chairs. There were also several thriving plants, a surprising sight in a cold office. Gabe thought the equipment looked modern, but what did he know. It could have been years old. He hadn’t spent much time in offices, and none at all the last six years.He was just so sweet with and protective of Catherine. And she really needed someone on her side. Someone to help her feel safe and loved. Crispin was perfect for her! They glanced his way but didn’t seem very curious. He exhaled in relief. In a town as small as this, curiosity was often the default position, particularly where strangers were concerned. The couple sounded like they’d had a beer too many, and their overloud laughter faded when they turned down a side street. Lastly, Crispin is a dithering dunce. He goes around kinda sorta trying to get an annulment, kinda sorta romancing his new wife and kinda sorta being cool and distant to her at times. What does he want and why doesn't he ever communicate anything of importance? I dislike that old Failure to Communicate and Misunderstanding trope and it's used ever so annoyingly here. He peered into one of the windows. Though it was late, the plastic blinds were open and the lights were still on. So..... I may be about to lose all my GR friends..... Sarah Eden is one of my all-time favorite authors. And I love all the other books in this series. But, I strongly recommend that anyone new to her writings should start with book #1 Friends & Foes. If I didn't already love Crispin (the hero) from his appearance in books 1-3, I probably would have rated this book even lower. I adore him in the other books, but this book...not so much. In the other books he has the same sense of honor toward women as his close friends, the Jonquil brothers, but it sure doesn't show up all that much in this book. It feels like the author couldn't decide how to write his character, or who he really was; it was conflicted. This book feels a bit less polished to me.

I remembered loving this book the first time I read it about 7 years ago… This time around just cemented that love!

La sinopsis no sé si es eso o una interpretación de la novela, pero últimamente algunas me están impresionando (para mal), o te cuentan demasiado o ponen cosas que no tienen nada que ver con la historia.