When Frederick, Lord Roxdale, dies without children his entailed estate is to pass on to his cousin, Constantine, who is known by English society to be a rake. Meanwhile, Frederick’s widowed wife, Jane, is left to wonder what will become of the place she has considered home in the hands of a man with such a scandalous reputation, along with her worry for the ward she has taken on and who has somehow been included in the divisions of Frederick’s will. Things are complicated and soon it becomes quite clear that Jane and Constantine will need to marry to secure the estate’s future. But can an arranged marriage reliant solely upon business be possible? What happens if they fall in love?All in all, I would consider this to be a good historical romance. At first I felt very little in the way of the attraction between Jane and Constantine, but it eventually grew to be stronger and more palpable. Hero and heroine have a lot of issues to deal with in this story. In her case, she must understand that not all men will give her an uncomfortable marriage like her late husband did; on his part, he must learn to move out of the way of his pride to see that people can make mistakes and still love him at the same time. I liked them together, but I cannot deny that I wanted a bit more. Towards the beginning of the story I skimmed a lot as I wondered when the story would begin to move, which is a problem when I approach these books with the hope to find something that will consume me.For a series called “The Ministry of Marriage” there was very little information about the institution given to the readers. Are they even an institution, or are they an exclusively formed club? They were like a meddlesome group of older aristocrats with the one-minded goal of maintaining their wealth through marriages they have arranged. I was interested in learning who and what the Ministry of Marriage does (because with a name like that they should be interesting, right?) yet they were unnecessary side-characters. I enjoyed this book, but here's why it lost two stars:1. There was some difficulty in me to relate to the characters and their attitude, which includes the way they acted when there was a hurdle in their path, idk I guess the H showed himself to be different from the way he acted towards the h, a heroin which he knew was a little skittish to put it mildly, something she overcame with him, its just food for thought on their flaws. 2. I was just not into the whole ministry of marriage, I mean, meddling is fine by me, i even think its a great way to push things along, but the whole having extra chapters there to explain themselves, as well as input on their correspondence as a reader, could have been explained away on a correctly worded intro into the world about to be read, or with a prologue chapter if it is deemed necessary. It was a fun read and I shall read the next one to see how the author develops the story, I generally don't write reviews, so it says as to the quality of the book that I humbly give my thoughts on it, with no wish to be either a critic or gainsay its merit.
What do You think about Heiress In Love (2011)?
No one does dialogue like Christina Brooke. So deft and sparkling, it makes me chuckle out loud.
—michelle
It's a lovely historical book. I cannot wait for the next book "Mad about the Earl."
—curiousgeorgette07
The first 150 pages is a bit dull, but it gets so much better. Glad I finished it.
—sarah254
A little dull and boring. I only managed to read half of the book before giving up.
—JoDreamer
