Jilted In January by Cara Maxwell

The Rake Review series by The Brazen Belles has begun!

I have read several by her and I think this is my favorite – although I did really like the Hesitant Husbands series…

It is a second chance romance that has a hero who is half Chinese and a heroine who is a duke’s daughter. The hero’s ethnicity played a significant role, and I was glad to see the concerns and issues that a person of color may have dealt with during the time be an important part of the story.

I enjoyed the romance and the longing between the two main characters, even though there was a brief moment that I wanted the heroine to bop the hero over the head with whatever heavy object she could pick up. Anyhoo, I am still a bit miffed at the hero for his action. .

I am not generally a fan of intrigue and mysteries to solve in my romance novels. Too often I feel that kind of plot takes over and the romance is lost or is a secondary thought. Sometimes it also triggers my anxiety and that is certainly no fun. However! The mystery here was more a problem to solve. I enjoyed the way it was wrapped up. I loved that it didn’t takeover the story and was instead a way for the author to move the romance forward. I would 100% read another similar story by the author.

Bonus points! It was nice to see characters from former books make appearances!

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