Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde, known as North to his
friends, has
recently come back to England after being jilted by Miss Diana
Belgrave. Two years ago he was set to marry Diana, the most
eligible
and celebrated debutante that season, but she suddenly ran
away,
leaving without a word. Embarrassed and truly hurt, North
goes to fight
in the colonies and returns to polite society a changed man.
Nothing surprises him more when he discovers Diana has
returned as
well and is now governess to his young half-sister and
Godfrey, a boy
who everyone believes is his son as a result of his "wilde"
ways with
Diana before their wedding...
Diana is just as surprised by the fact that she's back at
the ducal home
of Lindow Castle, but instead of attending balls and tea
parties, she's
mostly in the nursery with her two charges. She never meant
to harm
North's reputation as the heir to the dukedom, but she was
desperate
for a job, and letting everyone believe the innocent child
was North's
son was her only choice. However, upon North's return, Diana
doesn't
expect to start caring for the man she almost married two
years earlier.
North has changed since he left for the war, and isn't the
dandy every
woman in the ballroom was fighting for. He's straightforward
and
cautious, but also passionate and empathetic... and North
realizes
Diana isn't the delicate flower he believed she was. She has
ideas,
resilience, and will fiercely stand up to anyone who tries
to say
otherwise.
Living under the same roof proves to be too large of a
temptation for
North and Diana, and while their stations in life have
changed, neither
can deny the sparks that fly between them, but society has
decided
North is too "wilde" to wed, and Diana been all but shut out
of her
former circles. Will they find a way to be together, even if
perhaps the
biggest obstacle is that they're actually falling in love?
TOO WILDE TO WED, the second
book in Eloisa James' delightful Wildes of Lindow Castle series, continues the
trials and
tribulations that seem to plague the influential Wilde
family. I loved that
the devious, yet hilarious, caricature prints that caused
problems for
North's brother in book one were also spreading gossip here,
too.
North and Diana are two lovely characters. It was clear from
the
start that they would work well together, even if they
didn't see it right
away. I found the plot of this book to drag a little near
the middle and
end, as though some extra hurdles were thrown in their way
when they
could have easily concluded to be together earlier in the
book. That
being said, it was enjoyable to watch North and Diana fall
in love, as
well as see how Wilde family rallied around them when they
needed the
extra push to put expectations aside and admit their
feelings. Lady
Artemisia, North's young sister, and Godfrey, his supposed
son, are
both scene stealers. Another sexy yet heartwarming romance from
Eloisa James!
New York TimesBestselling Author Eloisa James
returns with the second in her fun and flirtatiousWildes of Lindow Castle series…
The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland
Northbridge Wilde—known to his friends as North—left England
two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He
returns from war to find that he’s notorious: polite society
has ruled him “too wild to wed.”
Diana never meant to tarnish North’s reputation, or his
heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was
no time to consider the consequences of working as a
governess in Lindow Castle. Now everyone has drawn the worst
conclusions about the child’s father, and Diana is left with
bittersweet regret.
When North makes it clear that he still wants her for his
own, scandal or no, Diana has to fight to keep from losing
her heart to the man whom she still has no intention of
marrying.
Yet North is returning a hardened warrior—and this is one
battle he’s determined to win.
He wants Diana, and he’ll risk everything to call her his own.
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