Another pretty wonderful installment from Heath, the characters were great. I only wish that a bit less time was spent detailing (ad nauseam) the kidding between the two characters. It was very “insta-love” ish or at least Insta-lust, and a LOT of the word count is spent on detailing the intimate interactions, like a lot. It left me w the feeling that there wasn’t much plot or character development time compared to the sheer lengthy descriptions of the kissing, the thinking about kissing, the dreaming about kissing, the remembering of the kissing, the longing for the next kissing. It was just a lot of filler. This could just be a matter of preference though, I’m more of a fan of a slow burn, so romances where the physical intimacy aspects start so early in the book just never are my favorite. I far, FAR prefer the Chessman book w Kingsland (slow burn & longing!) to the more recent 3 chessmen books.

I love Lorraine Heath’s books, and the Four Chessmen has been one of my favorite series of hers. This was not my top Chessmen installment, however it was still an enjoyable read.

Rook is a very honorable MMC, though somewhat lacking in personality beyond the trauma of being the son of bad, bad guy. Leonora is a tall FMC (yay for tall girl rep) with an engineer’s mind. The “never been kissed” setup is a great hook, but there is little angst and drama until the end of the story. It’s a slow burn.

This was my first Lorraine Heath book, and I know now why she’s so popular. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was a tale of an American girl in England looking for investors to help save her late father’s business. She is the brains and effort behind it all now, but her brother owns it. Nora is such a caring lady and so smart. She is an engineer at heart, and she loves to see and know how things work. Because of this, she is considered odd by most people. When she goes to an exclusive lady’s club and asks for a kiss, she gets way more than she bargained for.
Rook, the hero, is fighting demons of his father who was the biggest and grossest libertine I have read about. He spread his seed far and wide and had numerous (and I mean numerous) offspring. Rook does all he can to respectable, kind, and generous. He has resigned himself to be a bachelor and let his title pass to a different family branch. Then Nora comes in!
I loved the scenes between these two. Despite him wanting to fight his desire for Nora, he can’t help but find ways to share passionate kisses with her. His care and concern for her is always present. Their little side trips for her adventure and knowledge were sweet. I found I wanted this story to keep going because it was so fun and engaging. I will certainly continue to read more of her work!

This is an honest review in exchange for an ARC.

Another good book by lorraine heath i got this book a a early read this is my opinion from netgalley.Leonora Garrison has come to England in desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat but instead finds surprising pleasure when she visits an exclusive ladies’ club and dares to kiss a stranger, who leaves her yearning for more, The man she meets gives her a kiss but not more an then later he finds out that shes married. Lorraine knows how to deliver crazy plot line books with emotional stories. This was a good read, i enjoyed it.