Edwina " I LoveBooks" "Deb"'s Reviews > The Runaway Duke

For me this was not a Romance Story; but more on the lines of and Adventure Story. the Romance that was written was at the end of the book and not more than 5 pages however their was Adventure but that is not what I wanted to read. I have never read a story were the Villains where Rewarded; after having the hero's brother murder by having his throat cut, and trying to kill the hero and heroine 3 times no less so she could steal the hero's Title and fortune, doesn't make sense you don't reward them by giving them a thousand pounds each, paying off all their debts and giving them a free ticket to America. Please spare me this just is not done, plus there was to much time spent at the end on the villains and very little on the hero and heroine, the story jumped all over the place between the hero and heroine the villains, the heroines parents, the gypsies, just all over the place and instead of focusing on the Romance between the couple, the love scene were just BORING BLAH AND THEIR WERE ONLY 2 OR 3. I will say that the age did not bother me it was true to the times girls were put on the marriage mart as early as 15 so that was OK. I still say the only author who can write love scenes is Lisa Kleypas Mine till Midnight, Seduce Me at Sunrise or her Wallflower series!!! Read those and than you will hold authors to a higher standard!!!