To Tempt The Saint by Megan BryceMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Honora Kempe makes a living getting engaged to middle-class men and then being so unpleasant that they are forced to break off the engagement, at which time she extorts money from them for breach of promise and loss of her ability to find another beau. She doesn't do this because she is evil but because she was cruelly taken advantage of by a married man who took her innocence and ruined her forever, now she is determined to get vengeance.
George St Clair lost his one true love to his twin brother and ever since he has been cynical about love and women. Then a chance meeting with an abrasive woman at a lecture on the future of steam changes everything. As he attends the series of weekly lectures the woman and her companions simultaneously irritate and intrigue him.
Both George and Honora are hiding their true identities, but when the truth emerges from the most unlikely source is the romance over?
I like Megan Bryce's characters. They feel real and like people I woul want to get to know. Too often in historical romances the hero is a bit opaque, his feelings and motivations too formulaic, not here. George and his feelings and his hesitance are all vividly brought to life. I was disappointed to discover I have already read the other books in this series as I was looking forward to more of these clever, engaging historical romances.
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