Review: In Love with the Viscount

In Love with the Viscount by Julianne MacLean
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Three and a half stars.

Adele Wilson is the youngest of three American sisters, all fabulously wealthy. Her sisters have found love with English lords and Adele is sailing to England to marry her betrothed, Harold. Adele has always been the obedient child, the rule-follower, the good one. Her sisters are frankly surprised that Adele has chosen such a reserved, studious man to marry but Adele finds Harold clever and kind.

Then (for reasons, frankly, that never made much sense), Adele is kidnapped and held in a remote cottage until she is rescued by a dashing, dark-haired avenging angel, more Dark Knight than knight in shining armour, Damien Alcester, Harold's cousin. Adele and Damien spend three days together travelling to Harold's country home, during which time feelings grow between them. Although Damien is destitute and has a bad reputation (and is known to keep a famous actress as his mistress), he loves his cousin and would never want to hurt him. Similarly, Adele has made a commitment to Harold and intends to marry him.

This was okay, the problem was that Adele and Damien were so honourable but also so attracted to each other the entire novel was push-me/pull-me between them, with not much else to break up the monotony.



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