" Utter nonsense . I'm amazed this book got published-it was that ridiculous . Which was really a shame because it started out so well. I was extremely intrigued by the Hero, Adam Darshan Lawford, a half-Hindu Duke. Not too many of those I've read about!! He was a great character and I liked him throughout the book. I also liked his three friends. However, I very quickly found the SHero, Mariah Clark, to be silly, shallow, and quite selfish throughout the book. As a twenty-something year old, I found her constant referring to her imaginary friend beyond annoying. A four year old has imaginary friends, not a grown lady running her on household. Her father, who was supposed to be a sympathetic character, did some extremely questionable things. Things which bothered me but only made his daughter laugh and scold him. I kept wanting to warn Adam away, tell him to run as far and fast as he could away from her. I thought there was an extremely unrealistic acceptace of a same sex relationship, especially considering the book is set in 1812. I also don't believe English people from the1800s would so easily accept a man who practices the Christian AND Hindu faiths. There were also WAY to many coincidences in this book. I can suspend disbelief but not to the extent required in this novel. The number of characters who were believed to be dead (but weren't) were simply too numerous. Sadly, I've already bought the second and third books of this series. I can only hope they are more entertaining than this one. And that Mariah Clark doesn't show up in the next books. One book was more than enough. "
— CeladonRoses, 2/8/2014