Moonlight Wish
Janice BennettParanormal romance
Available from Cerridwen Press
ISBN: 9781419927591
July 2010
| Lady Edwina's life as unpaid companion to a miserly and cantankerous grandfather is pretty bleak. Things come to a head when he decides that Eddie must marry his heir to inherit anything at all. Eddie can't take any more and runs away. She just wants to live a life in which she isn't dependent on anyone for her livelihood. She has no plan, money, skills other than a talent for piquet, or destination, but she does have a godmother, a fairy godmother. Xanthe and her sidekick Titus are determined to help Eddie find the independence she desires and a love she didn't know she needed.
The combination of Fantasy and Regency Romance works extremely well in this story. Xanthe is helpful and still allows her charges free will. Edwina and Lord Ashtead have some memorable clashes but their attraction is obvious. The Brighton social season is so well described that the reader will have no problem picturing the place or its inhabitants. I particularly enjoyed the description of the famous bathing machines. The supporting characters are interesting and vividly drawn, particularly the peculiar playwright Sir William and the villainous cardsharp Captain Kennilworth. Eddie's grandfather is irascible but not totally irredeemable. The characters certainly have an interesting summer season in Brighton.
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Reviewer: Maura Frankman |
