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At Last Comes Love
Huxtable Family Series – Book III

By Mary Balogh

        Five years ago, Duncan Pennethorne, Earl of Sheringford shocked society with a scandal.  Now he wants to come back, but his grandfather says that he will cut Duncan out of his will and give his childhood home to a cousin unless he mends his ways and marries within a fortnight.  So Duncan is desperate for a respectable wife, and who better than on-the-shelf Margaret Huxtable?  Thirty years old and still beautiful Margaret is in need of a husband. Will Duncan fit the bill?  And what exactly happened five years ago?
 
Here is the story of the third Huxtable sister and her second chance at romance.  Once again much of the passion and romance actually happens after the couple has married, and Duncan has to woo his new wife.  There are secrets from the past to confront too, and both protagonists have to face their mistakes and realize that a fresh start can be achieved.  London during the Season comes to life; although there is less about this than in the other books, and of course we get to meet up with Margeret’s family and their new families too.  I did feel that some of what happens in this book echoes closely events in the earlier books and therefore parts of it lack freshness.  Also, I felt that it could have stood some editing being longer than many other Regency romances and a tauter tale would have had more impact.  But this is still a polished story from a mistress of the genre and I look forward to seeing what romance the two male Huxtables are going to face in the remaining two volumes.

The Book

Piatkus (Little, Brown)
June 2010
Paperback
0749942916 / 9780749942915
Historical Romance / Regency London and Warwickshire, England
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2010
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