Set in the early 1800s, the story begins in London with Lady Alexandria (“Alex”) Cassel's first season. She disdains the nobility and has no desire to wed one of them. Instead, her passion is sailing and she longs for freedom and adventure. While her mother is in England, her father, the earl, is in Canada, serving as governor of Upper Canada. Alex wants to join him.
Though neither parent seems to care
much for her, she decides to stow away on a ship sailing for Canada, La Belle
Illusion. This part of the story required one to suspend rational belief. (I
just couldn't see an 18 year old virgin in the early 1800s stowing away on a
ship where she knows no one.) Anyway, she gets lucky and the ship's captain is
the eldest son of a duke, Drake Barrett, and an honorable man. They are wildly
attracted to each other but Drake manages to preserve her honor and she arrives
unscathed in Canada, unaware that Drake is aristocracy. He dreads her finding
out as he knows her feelings about the nobility.
The story is a good one, including a shipwreck on an island. I did find their
first love scene a bit unrealistic. She did not act like an innocent, but had
moves an experienced courtesan would have treasured. It may make the action
better but it didn't quite seem real. Nevertheless, the story held my interest
and I can recommend it. Kane did a good job at developing the love between the
hero and heroine. You actually felt it along with them.
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