Gorgeous as sin Vicar Adam Carstairs is running from his past. Lady Remington Hartfield is running from her future. What will happen when their paths collide?
Love is the one thing Lady Remington Hartfield has never had in her life and the one thing she dreams of finding. Cast out by her overbearing and demanding father, dismissed by her self-absorbed and apathetic mother, she does not know where else to turn for help but Wellesford’s handsome vicar. She knows he is hiding torments from his past, but he has always been kind and protective of her. Now, she has only one week to find a husband before her father foists his choice on her. Will Adam step forward to marry her? Or will her love for him remain forever a dream of love?
Vicar Adam Carstairs has built stone walls around his heart, determined never to let anyone in again after watching his beloved and gentle brother die in his arms during the war. How can Adam ever return to his Highland home and face his family when he blames himself for his brother’s death? His brother was meant for the clergy and should never have been on a battlefield. Adam chose to honor him by taking up the pious role of vicar in his place...far from Scotland. He thought he was doing just fine until Lady Remi burst into his life. She haunts his dreams and not in any pious manner.
Adam Carstairs is the vicar in town; an ex- soldier who is trying to heal from the scars of war and the death of his brother. He has hardened his heart trying to protect it from hurt again.
Lady Reminington Hartfield has had a rough childhood. Born to parents who loathe each other, she is passed between them as neither wants to deal with her. When she saves a fox from her father’s traps, it is the last straw and he tells her not to come home until she will apologize and behave.
Adam helps Remy to settle in with some friends and speak with her father, but her father is set on marrying her off to be rid of her. Remy is terribly hurt by her fathers lack of love and turns to Adam to help her learn what love looks like so she will recognize it. But she has one week to find a husband or her father will find him for her. While Adam helps her through this time, she tries to convince him that he has feelings for her. In the end, she is able to melt his heart and they get their HEA.
This was a short, cute book. Remy was a bit juvenile for me and forward in her affection towards Adam. At times, she felt silly and, where I felt Adam should be annoyed, he was simply quiet. Overall, an easy read and I may try another book in the series in the future.
Historical Romance, Regency Era, Country Life, Beta/Cinnamon Roll Hero, Damaged/Tortured Hero, Soldier/War Hero, Vicar Hero, Animal Lover Heroine, Damaged/Tortured Heroine, Hoyden Heroine, Cinderella Trope, Found Family, Operation Jealousy, Three Star, One Flame
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