With money and powerful business connections but no title, Colin McCrae is invited everywhere but accepted nowhere. He intends to marry someday, but when he does it will not be to a shallow woman like Lady Georgina, whose only concerns appear to be status and appearance.
But beneath her flawless exterior, Georgia's social aspirations stem from a shameful secret she is desperately trying to keep hidden - and that Colin is too close to discovering. Drawn to each other despite their mutual intent to avoid association, is the realization of their dreams worth the sacrifices they'll be forced to make?
Review:
This is the second novel in the Hawthorne House series. The
first, A Noble Masquerade, hooked me on this new and upcoming author. Kristi
Ann Hunter has a knack for telling a riveting story and for creating both likeable
characters, ones you only like to dislike, and then best of all – ones you
seriously don’t know whether to love or hate.
I believe I could place Lady Georgina firmly into the
category of “ones you seriously don’t know whether to love or hate”. It took me
a while to begin understanding her character and I was nearing the end of the
book before I fully appreciated the extent of this cunning and desperate lady
who, on the exterior, appears to be nothing more than a spoiled duke’s sister
who cares nothing except for her own vanity and gaining titles and wealth.
Colin McCrae is the only person not tricked by Lady Georgina’s
façade. Even the lady's loving family sees nothing beyond a sister they have
over indulged. Not deeming Colin worth any time and effort, Lady Georgina makes
several minor slip-ups in his presence that allow him to see what others have
missed. Desperate to keep her secret a secret, Lady Georgina and Colin enter an
uneasy truce and battle of silent whit as they each attempt to manoeuver the
highly complicated social scene that surrounds London’s elite.
With Napoleon’s war still raging, spies combing the
countryside of traitors, this novel is set in a riveting time period.
An Elegant Façade was a wonderful follow-up to the first
Hawthorne House book, and I loved seeing old characters brought back into the
story and minor character from the first book more fully developed. I’m looking
forward to the next book in this hopefully long series.
Thank-you to Baker Publishing House and Graf Martin
Communications for the complimentary copy of this wonderful novel.
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