The next few weeks are not sweetness and light, and they both behave in mature and responsible ways. After one night of consummating their union, they must hurry back to London to help out Evie's father. It is Evie (right on page 1) who proposes the marriage, and she does not enter into the relationship with any expectations of falling in love.
On the other hand, the plot, although predictable, didn't follow the usual romance formula. Perhaps if I had a better sense of the characters and their situations, I would have been more caught up in the story. I freely admit that it might have helped to have read the first two novels. I think this was a matter of misplaced expectations on my part.įinally, Devil in Winter is the third book in Kleypas's Wallflower series. Unfortunately, I didn't get a strong sense of the era Evie and Sebastian could have lived anytime from, say, 1750 to 1850. The story takes place in 1843 in England. Second, I really love historical fiction, and, in my mind anyway, a historical novel should give me a feel for the time period. Does marriage immediately turn a womanizer into a faithful mate? And would a man who had never worked a day in his life suddenly become fairly adroit at running a business? Perhaps it was because Sebastian changed his ways so quickly. Unfortunately, Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas was not really for me, and I can't quite pin down the problem.įirst, I have nothing against a bit of romance and some sex scenes-I've read and loved all the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon, for example. After all, one good reason to be in a book club is to expand your horizons. When my Skype book club decided to read a romance, I was game. Will they grow to love each other? Can Evie shed her wallflower persona? Will Sebastian become monogamous? Sebastian (the viscount) agrees and they escape to Gretna Green.
The book opens with Evie making a business proposition to the viscount: If they get married, both of their problems will be solved. He needs to find a rich innocent-and fast. Vincent is the quintessential lady's man, but he's starting to run out of money. Evangeline Jenner is getting desperate: her aunt and uncle, with whom she lives, are about to force her to marry her cousin so they can control her substantial inheritance.
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