3.5 stars - this book was better than I expected as during the earlier books in the series I didn’t find the character of Dash to be engaging at all. But the plot was interesting and I found myself completely immersed. ( )

A disappointment, overall. I didn't like this plot in the earlier books in the series, I didn't find Captain Thomas Dashwell an attractive suitor. The book is split into two halves, before she married Viscount Gossett and then twenty-some years later when Pippin is a widow.

SPOILERS

The premise is good, the second chance at love predicament. The plausibility hinges on whether or not Pippin would throw respectability to the wind and follow her heart. The catch, which is glossed over in the book, is whether Pippin would prefer the unknown of a renewed relationship with Dash on board ship or to maintain her role as mother in England.

At the end, she basically dumps her English son and daughter and will spend her life with Dash and his son sailing an American ship. ( )

Yes the book was sad at times but I loved the story and was not disappointed. ( )