2.7 stars ( )

I really liked the main characters, and elements of the story, but the book really dragged at the beginning and I put it down and forgot about it about 75 pages in. When I picked it up again I still wasn't engaged. Then I hit the midpoint and really started enjoying the book. I left with a good feeling about the book as a whole, I just wish we had jumped in to the heart of the story a little faster. ( )

Not a bad early historical romance by Enoch (notice the cover) that involves the handsome scoundrel, Jack Faraday who receives the cut direct from Lilith Benton, the beautiful Ice Queen of the ton who is out to make a spectacular and respectable match. Jack vows revenge and wants to ruin her out of spite, but things get in the way, such as the death of his relative, a duke who is bent on compromising and marrying her in order to force her to marry him - only the old goat drops dead instead! In her drawing room! Jack winds up being Sir Galahad and helps her out of a pickle but only succeeds in implicating himself. Some funny bits and plenty of drama surrounding the death of the duke and the passion that erupts between Jack and Lilith as she tries to clear his name. Entertaining and frothy. ( )