Tempting The Marquess by Sara Lindsey (Weston #2)
Historical Romance
June 1, 2010
Paperback, 320 Pages
Signet


Why I read: Received for review from publisher.


Favorite Quote: Perfect. While he’d heard choirs of angels singing hallelujahs, she’d felt nothing. She might as well have picked up the letter opener from his desk and stabbed him in the gut…

Olivia Weston is ready for an adventure and when her Aunt Jane invites her to her step son Jason’s house, Olivia is ecstatic. While organizing the library Livvy stumbles across a diary belonging to Jason’s late wife. Livvy is immediately intrigued by its contents. She decides she must meet Jason, a man who has lived the past years in grief, raising his son and pushing everyone else away. Livvy, a romantic at heart, wants to mend Jason, and break him out of his shell.

When Livvy accompanies Aunt Jane and they arrive on his door step, tempers flare. Jason is very suspicious of Livvy and also can’t understand why his body starts to betray him. But Livvy’s presence soon becomes much more than just an annoyance.


Tempting The Marquess is a cute book but also one that never really drew me in. I found it to be a bit slow and it has a heroine, Livvy that is immature. At times she came across cute, naive, and charming. Other times she grated on my nerves and I found her young ways to be annoying. She has grand notions of saving and rescuing Jason, who she only knows through entries in his late wife’s diary. She builds Jason up in her head and sees “fixing him” as a grand adventure. She boldly goes into his house and starts interfering in his life and his son’s life. Jason is set-up to be the grief stricken, cold host and at times I think his character forgets that. Their love-hate relationship never really takes hold. Jason seesaws between lusting after Livvy, to guilt over his dead wife. The ending conflict is very predictable as well.

While Livvy didn’t sit well with me at times, other times she came across very likable.  She is a temptress and very eager to explore the physical side of her attraction to Jason. When Jason’s kiss doesn’t meet her standards, she demands he do it again. I enjoyed this side of Livvy, although she is the virgin heroine, she is not shy and it was very cute.


Tempting The Marquess definitely has its ups and downs but this one didn’t leave a big impact with me.


Rating: 3/5

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