I read a lot of romances. Some have great storylines and characters you want to go out to lunch with. Some have people you do not want to stand in a line with. Some books have a historical theme that opens your eyes to that period of history. Some books could be set anywhere and in anytime. Some are dull as dishwater. Sometimes it is hard to tell when the storyline went blah. But just when you think it is a skimmer - bamm! Something hooks you in.
I am not quite sure how that happened in Suzanne Enoch's An Invitation to Sin. One minute I was just humming along, reading and feeling that I might turn in early. Then the bamm. She has done this to me before. I am becomming convinced that this is her technique.
She is currently writing a series on the Griffin family. Lord Zachary is a charmer, who happens to be a third son, who goes from one idea to the next. He is forced to take his aunt to Bath. They happen to stop on the way at her old friends the Witfelds. The Witfields have seven daughters. In regency times, this is a big YIKES! But just when you think the charmer will just flirt with the daughters and move on...he meets the eldest sister Caroline who has a goal to get into an arts conservatory, and needs him to pose for the assignment to get in. Then there is Mr. Witfeld, a dabbler in many hobbies himself, and the 6 other daughters who are rather anxious to get married. And how did Enoch just sneak in the bit about breeding cows!
Again - you think romances are predictable, and then you get an author who just won't play along. Yes - it is a romance - so how do you think it ends? But the journey and the characters she gives you are worth the trip. Try her - you'll like her.
P.S. Zachary has 2 other unmarried brothers! Can we say series?
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