Wounded men in uniform are like catnip to me, I can't get enough of them so it wasn't in question that I would read this book and it didn't disappoint!
An Officer's Vow is a surprisingly quick read, though I did think it started a little slow for my liking it soon picked up pace and before I knew it I was halfway through and ploughing on toward the end - which really fitted well with me, I need books that keep a good pace and don't dawdled too much otherwise I lose interest.
I really enjoyed the relationship between Nate and Lottie, it's tender and sweet they have good banter and it's a lovely blossoming romance between them.
The story is so much more than your stereotypical Regency romance, with a little adventure and a few curve balls this is a really enjoyable read!

Major Nathanial Crawford, was wounded in his left leg in the Peninsular Campaign and he’s now been classified as unfit for service. Despite his wound he decides to ride his horse home to Oxford, when Max is startled and he throws Nate.

Charlotte Benham overheard her cousin Jonah telling one of his unsavory friends that he plans on marrying her and getting her inheritance. Lottie runs away, she startles Nate’s horse and has to help him get back on his feet. When he hears what’s happened to her, being a gentleman he offers to assist Lottie and takes her to see her governess Miss. Harriet Spencer.

The plan is for Harriet to act as a chaperone, Lottie can stay with Nate’s father Charles Crawford and hide from Jonah until she comes of age. Nate has another idea, he and Lottie could get married and they set off for Gretna Green. Unfortunately Jonah stumbles across Lottie, Nate starts a frantic search for her, they knew he was dangerous and could cousin Jonah also be a traitor to his country?

I received a copy of An Officer’s Vow by Penny Hampson from NetGalley and BooksGoSocial in exchange for an honest review. This story includes details about the sinister underworld in London, spies and finding unexpected love. Three stars from me and a quick and entertaining read.

<I> An archived one from the NetGalley pile.</I>

2.5 stars

<U> An Officer's Vow </u> was one of the cheesiest parallel harlequin historical fiction novels that I have ever read. The drama was over the top and the novel was rife with tropes. I found myself rolling my eyes every other paragraph over the unrealistic dialogue and plot. The female protagonist Lottie drove me insane with her reckless decision making in the name of bravery. It was not courage but senseless, headstrong stubbornness and lack of foresight that got her into the messes she needed to be rescued from. And don't get me started on Nate, the washed up injured solider trying to be heroic who was distant in his affection despite being madly in love (lust?) Yet despite all this the storyline itself was interesting enough that I finished it with ease. Go figure.

This was a good little read.
Lottie is desparate to avoid marrying her cousin and a life of anguish which would surely follow.
Captain Nate Crawford is the injured soldier returning home. These two collide and come to need each other in the days ahead. You'll find the villain to be just that and other great characters that add interest to the storyline.
This is a stand alone book in my opinion although it is part of a series.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy.

This is the perfect read for fans of romantic historical fiction. It's fast-paced, it's sweet, and it's enjoyable.

This book held my interest. I enjoyed the characters and thought it had a good balance of plot vs details. There is a large amount of sexual innuendo, so it is not appropriate for teens. I would recommend it for a fun period piece for those interested in espionage and romance.

Adventure and intrigue in Regency England. The action starts in the opening scenes where Nate and Lottie collide on the road and it's a fast paced tale from there on out.

Lottie and Nate made a sweet couple but I found them infuriating in the way they constantly misinterpreted each other's feelings. It seemed to take a long time for them to straighten things out in the end.

Lottie was a great character. She was strong and brave. I was glad that she wasn't a complete damsel in distress.

This is book 2 in the series and can be read as a standalone. The Duke of Wheatley and Francis intrigued me. I look forward to reading more about them and their adventures.

Nate and Lottie are very sympathetic and engaging. I really enjoyed An Officer's Vow.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This was a sweet romance with lots of mystery. It was well written and easy to read. I couldn't help but love the characters. They had quite an adventure during the course of their romance to their HEA

Loved this book! Great writing, super character development. Reminded me a lot of Georgette Heyer's books. The premise is different enough that it holds your interest. I highly recommend it for content, situations, characters, and storyline.

This one is well worth the money and is a keeper.

5 of 5 stars

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An Officer's Vow, book two from the Gentlemen series, was a good read. It was a little slow at times. I give it three stars.

Troubled by a leg wound suffered in battle, Major Nate Crawford is certain his useful days are over. He is on his way to retirement on his father’s estate when an accident reinjures his leg and introduces him to Charlotte Benham. Lottie is on the run attempting to escape her wicked cousin, Jonah, who plans to send her to an asylum and take her inheritance. Helping Lottie gives Nate new purpose in life, but just how far will he go? Nate, the injured war hero, and Lottie, the damsel determined to conquer her own distress, are both strong characters, robustly portrayed. We are reintroduced to the Duke of Wheatley and his “secretary” Francis whom we met in The Gentleman’s Promise. The duke, while as manipulative as ever, is a more benign presence here, although his actions on behalf of king and country continually put Nate and Lottie in peril. All in all, an exciting tale, well told.

I found this to be an enjoyable read. Although it is part of a series,I did not realise this until.after I had read it so I can honestly say this is a stand alone book. The characters are likeable and the story is written in an easy to understand way that made this a pleasure to read. Highly recommended.

An Officer's Vow was an exciting story that I truly couldn't put down! A wounded soldier meets a young lady running from her home, and they travel together on an adventure that is exciting, sometimes frightening journey. It includes espionage, family trouble, and of course, romance throughout! A lovely exciting tale that I would enjoy reading again!

Nate, now returning to England after being injured in the war against Napoleon, is thrown from his horse when it is startled by the presence of a young lady emerging from a hedge. Due to his injury, he needs assistance from the young woman to set himself to rights. As they talk, he finds her to be a level-headed young woman who is on her way to visit a friend who lives in a more distant area. Something doesn't seem quite right to him, but he doesn't press. He does offer his assistance.

From here the book takes a number of twists and turns as Nate and Lottie come to know and appreciate each other while he tries to protect her against the plots of an evil cousin. At times, it is quite humorous as they get themselves into situations that require subterfuge and prevarication. They quickly act quite well as a team and soon begin to esteem each other, though neither believes themselves worthy of the other.

Nate is an utterly swoon-worthy hero. In these types of romantic stories, I always have a soft spot for the wounded hero returning from war who questions his worthiness because of his injuries and his perceived feelings of not doing all he could for the cause and his brothers in arms. Nate is, in fact, on the road back to his father's home, something he has avoided for some time because he feels like a failure and doesn't want to see either his father's pity or disappointment. His actions toward Lottie are always gentlemanly and kind; he looks out for her best interests, whether she wants him to or not.

Lottie has led a very sheltered life under her father's protection, which is shattered after her father's death. Her cousin inherits, and soon she learns he has a dastardly plot to get the money her father left to her. This is why she has left her house to seek shelter with a friend.

The book also had some wonderful secondary characters. In particular, I adored Nate's father. He was so kind, generous, and loving, and just a little humorous; truly, Nate should have had no fear about returning home.

The plot in part has to do with spying and other matters of the realm.

Until about the halfway point, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters of Nate, Lottie, and Nate's father were so well drawn that it was a delight to read their thoughts, actions, and reactions to wherever the plot was taking them. But then the author used several plot devices that are so common in these historical romances that I just about groaned, smacked my head, and stop reading. I won't go into details, but they are standard devices in Regency novels. I hate when a plot seems to hinge on a happenstance that has a gazillion-in-one chance of actually taking place; then, this was flowed by another nearly de rigueur device when a plot has a villain with a plot against the heroine. The author had done so well in creating these fantastic, flawed, but noble characters that I wished she had taken that perhaps harder road and created a plot that wasn't so cliched in the latter half. Even without those plot devices, the way that Lottie acted in the second half—both toward Nate and with the spying aspect of the plot—seemed incredibly out of character from what we knew of her earlier in the story and of her background. It's hard to imagine a sheltered Regency girl acting as Lottie did.

For the first part of the book, I would highly recommend it. For the latter parts, not so much. Still, I did enjoy Nate’s and Lottie’s story; I just wish the author had kept the second half of the book more on track with what the first half of the book was like.

Nate was injured in the war and as he heads home, he feels he has nothing to live for. He's not much of a man anymore since his leg gives out on him, and he doesn't want his father to feel pity for him. While he's wallowing in these bad thoughts, his horse suddenly spooks and he manages to lose his seat and, of course, he falls on his bad leg. As he tries to recover from the fall, he finds a young female attempting to care for him. It seems she was in the bushes and spooked the horse and she's worried she injured him. He tells her it was a war injury and if she helps him get up he'll continue his journey. He asks why she's out there all alone. She tells him and he takes her with him...

BooksGoSocial and Net Galley gave me the opportunity to read this book for review (thank you). It has already been published.

It seems Lottie's father has died and the boy she was hoping to marry died in the war, so his younger brother intends to marry her and then steal all the money her father left her. He's distasteful, grabs parts of her body, and then she finds he plans to sell her to a brothel to get rid of her. So she runs.

Nate intends to keep her safe. He can't do that too well with a bad leg but he can take her home and with his father and the staff she will be protected. That's if they make it there.

The rejected suitor is after her so he can have her money. If they weren't having enough trouble hiding, the Duke gets involved and his help leads them into a dangerous situation. They've become a team.

I enjoyed this story. It has lots of adventures, the Duke is almost more of an enemy than a friend and the romance bounces back and forth. Neither one has said they love the other so it gets all confusing. But it ends well. For a while there, I wasn't sure...

Lovely romantic story.
Exceptional for its genre with a good storyline.
At first thought it was predictable but the last quarter of the book was a pleasant surprise.

Pretty good plot and pacing, and for the most part the two main characters are likable. While there is no bedroom content within the book, there is a lot of talk of brothels and prostitution (sometimes in very crude terms). Also, I didn’t enjoy how often it is implied that all of the male characters have been involved in licentious behavior.

Major Nate Crawford is on his way home from the war with a leg that is severely injured. Due to being in pain and having problems holding onto his horse, he gets thrown. He is found by Miss Lottie Benham who assists him. She is on her way to her Godmother's home to get away from a cousin who wants to marry or have her committed to an asylum for her money. Nate offers to assist her in getting there and keeping her safe. Between Nate and Lord Wheatley, will she is able to make it to safety? Spies, intrigue, mystery and love. I love Lottie and Nate, they are a great couple. the story is not to be missed. I received this book from Net Galley and BooksGoSocial for a honest review. I voluntarily read this book.

This is the perfect read for fans of romantic historical fiction. It's fast-paced, it's sweet, and it's enjoyable.

Pros:

- The romance is sweet.
- The two main characters get good character development, which actually took me by surprise. For the first few chapters I didn't expect to see much growth or change, but by the end they had both learned lessons and confronted their weaknesses.
- It's a fast-paced story, with lots of action and a dash of mystery.
- The novel is generally well written.

Cons:

- The bad dialogue can be overlooked on the basis of "oh it's so sweet and silly", but it is very on-the-nose and unrealistic. The characters are always saying exactly what they mean.
- While the protagonists are sweet, they are boring, too. They don't have much personality, and their poor dialogue doesn't help. Lottie is sweet and feisty; Nate is strong, protective, but vulnerable. We've seen this before.
- The plot is contrived. Fun, but contrived. It's nothing original, and it's predictable.
- The villains are one-dimensional. They're the stereotypical, evil laugh, flawed in every single way, villains that are just there to be the bad guys - nothing else.