My Review - His Saving Grace

HIS SAVING GRACE, though not necessarily proportioned to my liking, was still an entertaining and quick read.

Since Thomas became the Duke of Stafford, woman have been throwing themselves at him.  Fully aware they are after his title and the privileges it will afford them, he is shocked when his childhood friend has lured him into a compromising position that can be righted no other way then with marriage.  Though he has no choice but to marry Grace, he has no intentions of spending time with her.  As soon as they are wed, he plans to banish her to a far off castle while he goes to war. 

Grace’s only intentions for hiding out in her father’s library was to get away from his cruel and hurtful remarks.  When Thomas finds her there in tears, he offers words of comfort and a hug between childhood friends.  But to Lady Appleton it does not appear to be an innocent embrace.  She cries of scandal and offers the only proper solution to save Thomas and Grace’s reputations.  A wedding to save face.  A marriage doomed from the onset.

HIS SAVING GRACE was enjoyable enough that I wanted to finish it, but the pacing was a bit off to me.  The character of Thomas switches quickly from friend to enemy, and from empathic to heartless.  But it the blink of an eye, Thomas reevaluates his feelings for Grace right before he leaves for war.  And then he’s gone.  I would’ve rather seen the development of feelings between Grace and Thomas, then have them separated while their feelings for each other grew.  I am not a fan of lovers being kept at arms-length pining away for each other, only to be reunited in a dramatic ending novel that quickly ties up loose ends and leaves the reader wanting more interaction between hero and heroine.

Book provided for review purposes.