This is Mina and James story. Mina was in a married to George. George was in love with Fiona and he had gotten her pregnant. Mina suggested.they divorce. This was a time where you could only divorce if the wife commits adultery. The divorce is terrible for Mina’s reputation. James and Mina fall in love. He is her staunch supporter.

The plot was well thought out. I can’t wait for the next book in the series.

Another winner! Great start to a new series. I love that this is a story of 2nd chances and also a slightly older couple than the normal. Wilhelmina married her best friend who came to her rescue, but George
is like a brother to her. When the chance to repay him for all the years of friendship, protection and love came, she didn’t care that she be the one to suffer or that her reputation be ruined, As the stage is set at the Pennington ball, she chance to meet James. There is something so exciting about him, but then George begins her downfall and James winds up tangled in it. Unknowingly a innocent caught in a web of lies. The motion has been set and George files for a divorce. James as a barrister can’t help but follow the trial, he also can’t believe the Mina he met is a women of loose morals as one lover after another gives testimony.
Two years later their children have fallen in love and James can not allow his son to be connected to the daughter of a divorcée. Trying to keep them apart has brought Mina back into his life, but there are secrets and he is determined to cover them and maybe even love.
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His business is the law, so James is horrified when he hears testimony against Mina as to her cheating on her husband. He especially looks down on her because his deceased wife had cheated on him. They are forced to spend time together chasing their children who are eloping to Greta Green. Their close proximity has them both realizing an attraction they can not deny. I received an ARC from NetGalley and Independently Published for my honest review.

This was a typical 'father doesn't approve of son's fiance, but is attracted to fiance's mother and he isn't supposed to be.'
For the most part, this was funny with the main characters tossing insults around. The fiance's mother, the heroine, is divorced from her husband. It took 2 years and 2 men had to swear in court that she was a trollop and floozy. The reason the heroine did that was because she only married her husband because she was pregnant from being raped. She couldn't do anything because (spoiler), her daughter's father was an aristocrat. They married because they were friends who grew up together and their fathers both travelled together around the world and died on one such trip. So when her husband of 20 years fell in love, she offered and forced him to divorce her because she wanted him to marry the woman he loved. So after the divorce, he left with his new wife for Michigan to build furniture.
She moves to the country and brings her daughter when the hero refuses to allow his son to marry her daughter. The hero takes his son to his parent's estate and they are neighbors to the divorce'. The kids meet and ride off to Gretna Green, and the parents are forced to follow.
This book was a good story about a stick in the mud hero, who only sees in black and white, no gray. This story develops two stories as we read about the conundrum of the children.
I give this book 4 stars. I enjoyed the story, but it had a lot of drama and too many incidents for me. It was a good, quick read, but it was one negative incident after another, and sometimes, I just want less drama. I do recommend reading this book because it deals with divorce at a time when it wasn't really done. And I liked that they were not aristocrats.

Mr. Dale and the Divorcee is a cautionary tale of a man who nearly loses the joy of his life because he accepted a situation at face value. After a few twists and turns he gets his HEA, but he has to set aside his prejudices and accept that sometimes things are not as they appear.

Wilhelmina Hewitt knows she's in for a rough ride when she agrees to help her husband get a divorce. Nothing, however, prepares her for the regret of meeting Mr. Dale on the eve of her downfall. No other man has ever sent her heart racing as he does. Unfortunately, while she'll soon be free to engage in a new relationship, no upstanding gentleman will have her.

James Dale would never pursue another man's wife. Or a woman reputed to be a deceitful adulteress. Furious with himself for letting the lovely Mrs. Hewitt charm him, he strives to keep his distance. But when her daughter elopes with his son, they're forced into a partnership where passion ignites. And James soon wonders if there might be more to the divorcée than meets the eye.

I love the characters in this book. Wilhelmina is brave and kind. James is smart and noble. Both very likable. I love how their relationship grows... Great chemistry between the two. :) Love the ending especially.
I also love how the book talks about divorce which is so rare in historical romance. I actually learn something about the law from the book!

Thanks to the publisher for providing an arc.