I really thought I would like this book. The story was promising but the execution not so much. I didn't feel much for the characters. The lead Sebastian one minute he is madly in love with his wife, later he finds out she had been cheating on him with his best friend. Then you have the best freinds wife Leah who has been living with the knowledge of her husband's affair for almost a year. When there respective spouses die they are left to pick up the pieces with Leah deciding she had enough of proper behaviour. That is exactly when the hero starts noticing her and voilà instant love.....as if it was that simple. Hey!! if I don't judge who will. Every reader is entitled to their own opinion and I think this book missed the mark. It should be complimented for the accurate historical settings but other than that this book is not entertaining. If fact down right boring.... My advice would be to skip this one I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes a well-written, well thought-out historical romance. The premise is different from the usual hero/heroine must marry for money/to protect reputation or, hero/heroine hate each other on sight, and it's very well handled. The two protagonists are a widow and widower whose spouses were unfaithful to them - with the other's spouse. Sebastian is very much in love with his wife and didn't find out about the affair until she is killed in a carriage accident in which she was travelling with her lover, who was also her husband's best friend. Leah had discovered the affair more than a year previously and has done her grieving; she chafes against the restraints that society places on widows and longs to be her own person for once.The way that Leah and Sebastian gradually come together is very well written and full of sexual tension without there being a great deal of physical contact between them. The only problem I can really find with the book is that the sex scenes which eventually take place are a little too "modern" in style and feel a bit like they've been tacked on at the end to please a readership that was probably waiting for the smut! Having built up and sustained the romantic tension between Leah and Sebastian brilliantly, I felt that when they did finally have sex, it was a bit of an anti-climax (!) - and that's why, although I loved the book, that's why I've only given it four stars. That said though, I'm definitely going to read more books by this author.
What do You think about Skandal Oder Verführung? (2012)?
Fabulous. Really felt the emotional tug between Leah & Sebastion.
—tommyg312
Love born out of betrayal and heart-ache. It's a good thing. ;)
—eunice_cabilao
