The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia QuinnMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Cecilia Harcourt has received word that her brother Thomas has been injured in the American revolutionary war and has travelled from her home in Derbyshire to New York to search for him after the sudden death of their father leaves her at the not-so tender mercies of their cousin Horace.
Unfortunately, when she arrives none of the army officers seem willing to help her and Thomas is nowhere to be found, she is about to give up in despair when she hears that Thomas' best friend, Edward Rokesby is unconscious in the hospital, Cecilia feels she knows Edward through her correspondence with Thomas over the months in which Edward would often add little anecdotes and postscripts. Cecilia is refused entry to see him, family only, until she blurts out that she is his wife! Cecilia nurses him back to health, but when he finally awakens he has forgotten the last three months due to a blow to the head, and is not in a position to refute Cecilia's claim.
Together Cecilia and Edward search for Thomas whilst Edward desperately tries to regain his memory. But living as husband and wife when one party knows it is a lie and the other has no recollection is fraught with perils, especially since they were already half in love with each other through their letters.
This was an enjoyable historical romance, although I felt that the reveal about how Edward lost his memory was a bit of an afterthought. The first book is still the best for me.
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