This was my first title by Cat Sebastian, and I highly enjoyed it!
John “Ash” Ashby has been friends with Verity Plum and her brother for years. He has also been attracted to Verity all of that time, but chooses to ignore it to keep their friendship from falling apart. Verity believes herself incapable of carrying on a relationship and also ignores her attraction to Ash. Whenever Ash’s circumstances suddenly change, all he wants is to be with Verity but has to convince her it will be worth it.
I like Ash well enough and thought he was a nice guy, but Verity certainly had more personality than him. I don’t feel like I got to know Ash nearly as well as I did Verity. Yes, we learn about his past, but that’s not the same as a personality. I found Verity’s sexual orientation to be very different from what a heroine in a historical romance usually is. And I found it refreshing and interesting.
The plot itself was good, if a little contrived in places. I found myself not caring too much about the brother and like what happened to him was mostly to get him out of the way. I still found the book very hard to put down, though. Verity and Ash’s relationship made up for any lapses in plot.
I will definitely be reading the next title in this series!!
*I received an eARC from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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