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jasmyn9's review
4.0
This is a very sweet historical romance. The characters were very captivating and Seth's son is absolutely adorable. The 1920's is sadly neglected (or I just can't find them) in historical romance and it is such an interesting era. We get to see quite a few different sides of this period, from a speak-easy, to a shop girl, to a wealthy family home. The time period was really brought to life.
Erin is such an innocent girl - a little too much maybe. But I still loved her for it. Seth falls for her from the moment he sees her in jail. But he never imagines that she will end up working for him as a nanny. Having her under his roof is such temptation, and he falls even more for her. It was very well written and I was so happy when they got their HEA.
Erin is such an innocent girl - a little too much maybe. But I still loved her for it. Seth falls for her from the moment he sees her in jail. But he never imagines that she will end up working for him as a nanny. Having her under his roof is such temptation, and he falls even more for her. It was very well written and I was so happy when they got their HEA.
curse_ratchet6tribe's review
3.0
Short, sweet, and likable. Not a traditional "historical" with its focus on the 1920s in America instead of historical England. Enjoyable and complete story, with fully fleshed out characters and nothing left dangling with the story (which so many novellas are guilty of). Free didn't hurt but because i lack exposure to this time period, I'd have to confess that it's not something I'd have picked up without a strong recommendation from someone.
catniprocks's review
3.0
***the HILLLLLS are ALLLIIIIIVE with the SOOUUUUUND of MUUUUUUSIC***
Is this a re-telling of the Sound of Music? So it's 1920s Chicago and not pre-war Austria. Erin is "an innocent," but working and supporting herself, not a Maria secluded away in a convent. Seth is a widower who came from a good family and made good as a successful lawyer, not a Baron von Trapp from a royal family with all its trappings. Seth's first wife died and his servants love him so much, his dead wife, sorta, er, not so much. Seth has one kid, not the family band the von Trapps had. Oh and sex. All the sex that wasn't in the musical can be found here my friends.
So there's all that. I'm still liking this story.
There are TONS of quivering lips, which the man can not help but notice in the fold of his trousers. There is a TON of denial about the attraction between these two, that is wholly denied until the housekepper and the mother of the rich guy decide to step in and declare how HOLY AWESOME the gal is for everyone in the family, let alone the rich guy. There is the guy, the one and only who can be her virgin lover.God how I hate the virgin lover.
It may or may not be for you. I can turn this review into a psychology lesson about why I like some HR stories and hate others. Time, place, state of mind, yadda, yadda, yadda. There are all the silly tropes that I can accept in some stories and not in others. Nevertheless, I liked this story.
Is this a re-telling of the Sound of Music? So it's 1920s Chicago and not pre-war Austria. Erin is "an innocent," but working and supporting herself, not a Maria secluded away in a convent. Seth is a widower who came from a good family and made good as a successful lawyer, not a Baron von Trapp from a royal family with all its trappings. Seth's first wife died and his servants love him so much, his dead wife, sorta, er, not so much. Seth has one kid, not the family band the von Trapps had. Oh and sex. All the sex that wasn't in the musical can be found here my friends.
So there's all that. I'm still liking this story.
There are TONS of quivering lips, which the man can not help but notice in the fold of his trousers. There is a TON of denial about the attraction between these two, that is wholly denied until the housekepper and the mother of the rich guy decide to step in and declare how HOLY AWESOME the gal is for everyone in the family, let alone the rich guy. There is the guy, the one and only who can be her virgin lover.God how I hate the virgin lover.
It may or may not be for you. I can turn this review into a psychology lesson about why I like some HR stories and hate others. Time, place, state of mind, yadda, yadda, yadda. There are all the silly tropes that I can accept in some stories and not in others. Nevertheless, I liked this story.
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