A review by hookedbythatbook
One Fine May by Courtney McCaskill

5.0

With plenty of witty banter, this light-hearted brother’s-best-friend to lovers romance had me smiling all the way through. 

One Fine May is the fifth book in The Rake Review series, one book for each month of the year written by different authors. And reminiscent of Bridgerton, it comes complete with its own scandal sheet, The Rake Review, penned by the Brazen Belle. Mr. May in our calendar of rakes is Mr. Evander Beauclerk, son and heir to an ultra wealthy shipping insurer, and most definitely an unrepentant rake. 

I enjoyed everything about this book. Vander and Letty had a connection right from the start and it showed in their frank back-and-forth, which included plenty of teasing. Their attraction was always slowly simmering under the surface, just waiting for Vander to catch up to what was happening. Vander’s inner voice was almost like a whole extra character on its own. 

Even though this is a novella, it never felt rushed and their relationship had plenty of time to develop at just the right pace. The details about the insurance company and Vander’s ideas for it were interesting and served to show us Vander’s intellectual strengths.  

I can highly recommend this entire series is you like steamy historical romance. 

Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.