Lady Eve's Indiscretion by Grace Burrowes

Lady Eve's Indiscretion (Windhams: The Duke's Daughters, #4) (Windham, #7)

by Grace Burrowes

She needed a plan. What she found was a marquis…
Lady Evie Windham has a secret to keep, and a wedding night would ruin everything. She's determined to avoid marriage as long as possible, but with her parents pushing potential partners her way from every direction, she needs a miracle. When she meets Lucas Denning, the newly titled Marquis of Deene, Evie knows he could be the answer.
Lucas Denning has a secret of his own, and he's finding it harder and harder to ward off the ladies who seem to think him a suitable husband. He doesn't think they'd be so keen if they knew of the gambling debts he inherited and can't repay.
When Lady Eve suggests that they could be each other's decoy, it seems like the perfect way to keep all eyes off of him for a while. What he didn't expect was the steamy kiss that no one was supposed to see, and that he never saw coming…
"Captivating… [Burrowes] masterfully turns a simple kiss into an exceptional moment ripe with anticipation."—Publishers Weekly
"Touching and hypnotic…a beautifully unfolding love story."—Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK
"Intelligent, well written and fabulously passionate… Grace Burrowes always delivers a delectable story."—The Romance Review
"A cleverly written, passion-filled historical romance that will keep readers eagerly turning the pages."—Romance Junkies

Reviewed by Amanda on

4 of 5 stars

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Sometimes you just need a romance in your life -- to escape your life, heh -- and that's what Lady Eve's Indiscretion was. It was entertaining, Deene was sweet, and the two together were adorable.

I doubt this book would hold up as well if I put it under the microscope: Eve's family knew more about her indiscretion than she realized, something rather convenient was revealed at the end, Eve was stubbornly against marriage and it was never really explained or believable, the "mystery" with the money issues and Deene's brother-in-law were pretty obvious, and the POVs switched to side characters we didn't really need to see.

But.

That said.

Lady Eve's Indiscretion was a good book. I love how Deene helped Eve heal, even seven years after her accident. He thrust her back into the world and gave her the confidence to be the woman she was meant to be. This, more than anything, is the shining part of the book, and why I liked it as much as I did.

I did also enjoy how the family cares for each other, and if I remembered more of the other couples, it would have been fun to see them post-HEA. (Though they're all ridiculously happy, obviously.) I picked up this book and Lady Jenny's book, so I'm looking forward to diving in to that too.

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