I liked this one even though the heroine and hero were only peripherally in each other's lives. They meet but that same day he meets and asks out her older sister, eventually proposing marriage to the gold digging sister. The whole book the heroine hides her love for the hero. They were hardly in each other's presence at all. The only way you know it's a romance is because it's an HP and you know how it's going to end. The end is just a couple of pages long and not incredibly romantic. There really should have been more hair tearing on the part of the hero and explanations and kisses and what not. Still there was something very readable about it.

This is the second Violet Winspear I've read this week and it is very different in feel. I was wondering if all her early stuff was so gothic feeling as [b:Bride of Lucifer|11991469|Bride of Lucifer|Violet Winspear|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1424820974s/11991469.jpg|7520886]. And just FYI this one wasn't. Other than the fact that the hero and heroine were only alone together for the duration of two car rides, it was much more modern in feel. As least as too writing style. However, I really need to read a book written in the last 5 years to cleanse my palette.

4 stars because it was such an oddly riveting read for all that. I didn't get bored. One more down in my quest to read the first 100 HPs. ( )