A nice little Regency novella which opens the Castonbury Park continuity series.An enjoyable and short tale, I really liked and engaged with the hero and heroine - but it did not seem to me really that Rosalind really flirted with ruin that much until she meets Fraser, despite her saying so. There are sensual scenes from the very start.As it is an opening to the Castonbury Park novels, there were quite a bewildering array of characters introduced and mentioned, but I understood why this had to be. It does certainly set up the reader to read those other stories.*Spoilers* I particularly liked the non traditional ending, where Rosalind and Fraser go off together without mention of marriage. As the story was so short, it seemed more believable that they would get to know each other first. Hopefully we will find out what happens to them in the other novels in the series. Flirting with Ruin is the first in the Castonbury Park series by Marguerite Kaye. It’s a great introduction to the series full of romance and passion. Lady Rosalind is a widow who is looking for a little excitement in her life. Her husband was puritanical and felt the marriage bed should be endured rather than enjoyed. She meets Major Fraser Lennox at a country party and finds out that passion does exist and she’s more than capable of it! This was a great short story and introduction to the Castonbury Park series. We met many characters in this story and I can’t wait to read all of their stories in the following books. Lady Rosalind is a wonderful character full of life and trying to find her excitement while staying within the confines of proper society. Major Lennox is war hero, who is trying to find his way now that the war is over.Both are very well developed characters for such a short-story. I read it in about an hour. The story flows well and keeps the reader engaged. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.For the month of July this book is available for free from Amazon.
I thought it was okay. It could have been better. Some of the characters where quite annoying.
—Tyler
Currently a Freebie at Kobo... Kinda weird, I found one copy free, another not. lol
—shubham
A nice enough snippet, but not enough meat on the bones to satisfy.
—1Debze1
This was a very cute introduction to the series.
—Jose
It was a short book, but definately a good book
—Treasure11
