Fool Me Twice
Meredith Duran
3/5
Olivia Holladay has been on the run for seven years after being strangled nearly to death. She comes to the Duke of Marwick with the intention of being a maid for him then stealing his blackmail material on her attacker. She thought it would be a lot more difficult but she finds his home in disarray and the staff in desperate need of a housekeeper. She quickly commits to assisting him out of the dark mood which his wife's betrayal had cast over the entire household and accidentally grows a little more attached than anticipated.
I feel like these books that deal with a significant difference in station like this one all follow the same progression of events. A romance that grows too fast and then dealing with the will-they-wont-they of the societal consequences. This one was good, it hit all the marks and I enjoyed it enough to read it pretty fast. It could have had a little more drama with the actual conflict at the end, a little more angst. The duke was also very much pushing the boundaries of what I tolerate in the books at the beginning though he got a lot better as the book went on. He should have issued an apology though because they were pretty much disregarding every other form of convention at that point.
Yeah so it was good, if you want a cute Victorian era romance. The characters (other than Alastair's blips at the beginning) were well-written to their positions. I didn't have huge problems but I don't think I would strongly recommend it because it was a little forgettable.
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