This is book 2 in the "Regency Series" and one of the many things a liked about this book is that it doesn't pick up where book one left off, but takes you back and shows you what happened in the life of one of the characters you met in book one, Althea's brother, Tertius Pembroke, Earl of Skylar. Tertius arrives back in London in 1814 and finds his father has arranged for his marriage to someone he has not met because he wants an heir. Lady Gillian Edwards is young, and beautiful and has been forced by her mother to enter into this marriage to Tertius, who she finds arrogant and cold.

The beginning of the book deals with these two getting to know each other as well as can be expected and coming to terms with the wedding. But on the wedding night things will go from bad to worse and the rest of the story will be trying to bring these two people together and save this marriage that had problems from the very beginning.

This was a story that takes you back in time and makes you feel like you are there in England and sharing the ups and downs with these families. The author writes with much sensitivity and a heart for the things of the Lord. You will grow in your understanding of the times back then, you will grow in your love for and understanding how the Lord works in peoples lives and you will grow to love how this author writes. I had a hard time putting this story down and look forward to getting started on book 3, "The Healing Season". ( )