A Gentleman Always Remembers (2) (Willowmere)

by Candace Camp

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp's delectable Willowmere series continues with the story of the accomplished and pretty widow who takes on the American Bascombe sisters for their London... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439117985
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Pocket Star
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.9" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

A Gentlemen Always Remembers

I liked this book so much I bought the previous book in the series and several others written by Candace Camp. She's one of my favorite authors and was so glad to add her recent books to my collection.

As good as the first one

This second installment in the Willowmere series is just as enjoyable as the first. Maybe more, because all the characters are already "in place" and the only new person is Eve, the heroine of this story. It is a pleasant, unstressed, and easy-flowing romance. It might have been boring, but the character development, the secondary romance, and the subplots all combine to keep the story moving along. I liked that, while there is a slight mystery going on, the story is mainly character-driven. I like that this series is a trilogy in spite of the fact that there are enough characters in it to keep it going much longer. Each book has told the story of more than one of the main characters making one the principal story and the other a secondary (but important) story. The final book is shaping up to be the story of Oliver and Vivien (which should be great) and Camellia and someone. (A preview appears at the end of this book). It was wonderful to have the first two books released back-to-back and I was expecting the third to follow shortly. It isn't. It is announced for Spring of 2011. I should have learned by now not to start reading a series until the final book is out!

Likeable, upbeat romance...better than the first

3 ½-4 stars. This second book in the Willowmere series centers on the romance between Fitzhugh "Fitz" Talbot, the charming, wealthy and indolent brother of an earl, and Eve Hawthorne, a beautiful army widow who was recently hired to chaperone his two American cousins. Fitzhugh lusts after Eve from the very start and pursues her with a vengeance, but he is an inveterate bachelor and wants only an affair with Eve, nothing more permanent. Eve cannot deny that she is drawn to Fitz. She endured a rather chaste relationship with her late husband and is intrigued and flattered by Fitz's attentions. But she refuses to succumb to temptation, for her reputation would be ruined and she would never again find work as a chaperone. She worries too that she will become too attached to Fitz and then have her heart broken when he moves on, as inevitably he will do. But Eve's determined resistance is no match for Fitz's considerable charms. For the most part, this is a pleasing, upbeat romance. There are no serious obstacles to the couple's union, nothing particularly gripping about their love story, little romantic tension between them...and yet, it IS a very pleasant read. The story flows easily, is well-written, and has an appealing heroine and a strong secondary romance that almost steals the show. In fact, it is the secondary romance that has all the drama! Fitz's somewhat predatory behavior in the beginning is a little much, but he nicely redeems himself after this. He is not a weighty character, but he is likable. And Eve is a strong and admirably pragmatic leading lady who is long overdue for happiness. This installment improves on the first book in the series...much better heroine...much better portrayal of the cousins. Worth the read.

fun historical

With the death of her military officer husband Bruce two years ago, twenty-six years old Eve Hawthorne knows she needs a job to escape her martinet stepmother. Thus she gracefully accepts a position as chaperone to the Earl of Stewksbury's visiting American orphaned cousins the Bascombe sisters (practical eldest sister Mary, shy Rose, knife-totin' Camellia, and silly Lily. However her transition to prim and proper widow has a slight problem; her escort to the Earl's estate is his brother, Fitzhugh Talbot, whom she shared a bit of flirtatious behavior. At Willowmere, Eve is on her best behavior as she needs the job of chaperone while Fitz keeps up the seductive pressure on her. As they begin a tryst, Fitz falls in love with the charming widow, but soon letters arrive warning Eve to leave or suffer the consequences. The second Willowmere late Regency romance (see A Lady Never Tells) is an enjoyable pairing of a roguish male with a widow who has just a bit more experience in spite of eight years of marriage with the other gender as her charge. As chaos grows with each new arrival and romance is everywhere while the threat increases, readers will relish this fun historical. Harriet Klausner