Marrying Winterborne by Lisa KleypasMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
This book follows on from events in the first book. Rhys Winterbourne is a self-made man, the son of a grocer he is now one of the richest men in England and owns the department store Winterbourne's.
Lady Helen Ravenel is the delicate, shelter eldest Daughter of the Ravenel family, sister in law to Kathleen (Kathleen was briefly married to Helen's brother Theo until he died three days after they got married) who fell in love with Devon Ravenel (a distant cousin) when he inherited the estate after Theo's death. In the first book Rhys is badly injured and Lady Helen assists with looking after him. When Rhys is a little too forward and kisses Helen passionately she gets afraid and runs away. Kathleen is a little over-protective and confronts Rhys - hard words are spoken.
At the start of this book Rhys is nursing a broken heart until Helen comes to visit him to explain she was shy and she very much wants to marry him. Everything is going swimmingly until Helen uncovers a sordid truth about her past which puts her future with Rhys in jeopardy.
This was pleasant enough if a little predictable. I found Helen to be too weak of a character and I couldn't get over the thought that Rhys considered her to be a delicate bauble to decorate his life.
Intrigued at who is the subject of the next book.
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