THE SURRENDER OF MISS FAIRBOURNE is not the first Madeline
Hunter book I have read, nor will it be the last. Ms. Hunter
has a writing style that is rivaled by few. The use of
language and
her flare for telling the story is simply a work of art.
Many authors seem to rush the romance and the story gets
lost along the way, with Hunter this doesn't ever seem to be
a problem. The story unravels as we go, the romance flows
where with so many authors it just suddenly appears
overnight. Hunter lets readers know who the characters
are as individuals and lets us laugh our way through their
struggle to love.
After the death of her father, Emma Fairbourne finds herself
co-owner of his auction house. Knowing that a woman running
the auction house publicly would ruin the business Emma
determines that the only solution is to hire a man to act as
new owner and do everything Emma wants him to do. Her plan
should have gone smoothly, but there seem to be some very
big dips in the road. There are smugglers afoot and Emma is
not sure which goods being sold are legal and which are the
smuggled kind.
Then there is the case of her missing
brother. Was he really lost as sea or kidnapped to earn her
father's cooperation? Oh, and don't forget the not so
cooperative co-owner, the Earl of Southwaite. The
infuriating man wants to argue with her at every turn, but
the more they fight the more Emma finds herself thinking
about him and his oh so tempting offer.
As the Earl of Southwaite, Darius has learned that there are
more ways than one to get what you want. Especially from a
woman, but when the woman infuriates him at every turn
Darius begins to wonder if he can hold his temper long
enough to get her to surrender. The more they argue the more
he finds himself looking forward to her next fiery display,
plotting what he is going to say, and wondering what her
next move will be.
There were both good and bad things about this one. I really
liked the fact that the characters did not like each other
for the better half of the book. Their tempers and fights
showed some very passionate emotions and I knew that when
they finally came together it would be very interesting to
see who actually would come out the winner. I liked that the
romance didn't just appear overnight and that we got to know
the characters on a individual level before they became a
couple. What I didn't like was that the story seemed to lack
intensity. It seemed to drag through the first half of the
book and then parts of the conclusion were just not all that
they were built up to be. I was left feeling okay, but there
just was not the usual intense feel THE SURRENDER OF MISS
FAIRBOURNE that
Hunter's other books have had.
As reluctant business partners, Florence Fairbourne's
defiance and Darius Stainthorpe's demands make it difficult
to manage one of London's most eminent auction houses.
But their passionate personalities come to terms in an
affair that leave them both senseless--until the devastating
truth behind their partnership comes to light, threatening
the love they have just begun to share...
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