The Chick: Morgan Bedwyn, youngest and prettiest of the Bedwyn children, and wants to be known by her personality, not her family.
The Dude: Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, exciled to europe many years ago for a crime he did not commit, he is looking to seek revenge on the people who did not help him.
The Plot in 10 (ish):
Gervase: THAT is the sister of the Duke of Bewcastle! I think I will enjoy my revenge.
Morgan: You are a silly rake, but I will match you with flirtation, you can't fool a Bedwyn!
Gervase: hey your actually quite intellectual and I like you, maybe I wont use you in my revenge.
War! BATTLE!
Allyene: what are you dong her still! This is no safe place for young women! I will just pop out and when I return I will take you home!
Self centred chaperone: my darling son has been injured! He has a splinter in his leg and I must take him back to England to ensure he has the best treatment and uses the correct tweezers to remove the booboo.
Morgan: can you please wait one day for Alleyne to return, he should be back very soon.
Self centred Chaperone: Strong minded will-full girl! My son my suffer from a small limp the rest of his life!
Gervase: Fine if you wont stay, she can stay with the other army wifes and I will make sure that she is safe.
Morgan: Alleyne has not returned and I must return to England to tell the family. Please comfort me!
*Bow chicka wowow*
Gervase: Will you marry me I will make more scandel so you will have to if you don’t say yes
*more scandal*
Morgan: ok, yes!
The End
The Book:
It is a hub of anticipation in Brussels as the Army is gathering to fight back the French and finally defeat old Boney and the family’s of friends of the officers have gathered to offer support while it is still safe. Morgan has come with her brother, Allyene and the Earl and Countess of Caddick and she is good friends with the daughter and their son is believed to have an attachment between him and Morgan.
Gervase spots Morgan from across the Ball Room and he is trilled to discover that she is the sister of the Duke of Bewcastle, who is the cause of his exile to the continent 9 years ago. He decides to cause gossip between himself and Morgan so that it will reach the Duke of Bewcastle and gain revenge for his lost years and humiliate him like Gervase has suffered. He starts with a Waltz, dancing too close and too fast for the British sensibilities and starts tongues wagging. Morgan sees him for what he is a Rake, but decides to flirt back and not be shocked, because you can not shock a Bedwyn!
As Gervase continues his scandal by hosting a midnight picnic in the forest, he starts to realise that she is more than just Bewcastle's sister and he does start to like her, so much so that he decides she should not bring her into his revenge and decides to stay away from her.
All hell breaks loose when fighting starts just outside the city Morgan and the Caddicks cannot leave in time and must stay in the city instead! Alleyne returns from his business and is shocked to find Morgan still there! He must go to the front and deliver a message to Wellington, but when he returns, he will take her home personally. In the mean time Morgan helps the army wives look after the wounded as they start to flood into the city. Gervase is shocked to find her at the gates, with blood smeared on her dress attending a wounded soldier. Alleyne has still not returned and the Caddicks will not wait for him to return as they wish to take their son back to England to ensure that his broken leg has been set correctly and will not have a limp. So Gervase personally sees that she is kept safe and no harm can be done and brings her back to England but unfortunately this brings even more gossip which Gervase did not want to create as he realises he cares for her.
I really enjoyed this book and all the Bedwyns so far.
Morgan, I found endearing trying to make her mark on the world and not be just another Bedwyn.
Gervase did get a little bit annoying for me, due to his constant French Endearments of Cherie. I can't understand how he is English born, and lived in England till he was in his early twenties and yet he has a French accent. I understand that his mother is French and she would have spoken it as well as with his family, but you never see his use his 'native' language, even when he see his mother for the first time in 9 years. I understand in his exile he hadn't been living in France as Brussels was the closest he had come to home, but instead spoke English on his travels with a slight accent that gets heavy or light.
His first reaction when he sees Morgan to get revenge I fully understand, but what confused me was that when he gets to know her and decides not to create any more scandal with her, but be her friend. Fine, until he reaches English soil and then decides to create more scandal by dancing alone with her in a room... why? It is not as if everyone is mentioning the past about why he had to leave, I think I recall one vague mention.
But over all I do like Gervase he is there to comfort and look after Morgan and ensure she doesn’t get in harms way. Morgan softens him and encourages him to forgive and dwell on the past which she must also swallow her own medicine at the end.
I also really enjoyed the background to the battle of Waterloo as well. It was interesting to see how the women coped with the situation and did they really have a ball the night before battle?
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