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A Night To Surrender (2011)

by Tessa Dare(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062049836 (ISBN13: 9780062049834)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Avon

series

Spindle Cove

review 1: This book was up and down for me. It started out kind of slow. But the characters were so interestingly flawed I couldn't put it down. I was curious to see how they'd get to their happily ever after. I gave this 3 stars because the beginning would have gotten about 2 1/2 stars, but the ending would have gotten 4 stars. This is the story of a small town called Spindle Cove where a woman, Susannah Finch, runs a sort of refuge for the odd, quirky, and/or troubled young women who can't fit into London society. Some have had personal problems. Some have had medical problems. But Susanna just wants to help them all. Then their peaceful town is invaded by a group of soldiers, led by Bram. Bram was injured in the war and just wants to get back into action. His last hope is petitio... morening a favor from an old friend of his father's, who happens to be Susannah's father. After a (literally) explosive first meeting between Susannah and Bram, there's an immediate attraction that neither can deny or resist. And after initially getting in each others way, the two join forces to try and salvage what means the most to the both of them.Lots of funny moments in this book. Lots of great characters who will have later books. I can't wait to read more from this quirky little world. Colin and Minerva is up next. That should be fun seeing as how he can't even remember her name!Oh! Bram and Dinner. How could I forget about them? So cute!!!
review 2: Some excellent moments overshadowed by some moments where the characters and situations were a bit too obvious or the attitudes just a little too modern for my taste. Also the heroine seems too willing to give up her life for the hero. Also the boundary ignoring of the hero was a bit annoying. Still overall not a bad read, it just had moments.Susanna Finch has a life created for herself. After her mother died she ended up in the hands of well-meaning relatives who subjected her to all sorts of treatments to help her get over it, none of which really worked, now she's dealing with her father and his eccentricities and she has built a haven for girls who don't fit, or who have health issues that have seen them seen as ineligible by many. She has worked on finding less damaging ways of helping people, some will never rejoin proper society but many others will.Victor Bramwell comes to the village with an assignment to gather a militia, however the men are few on the ground, partially because of Susanna's idlyic haven.The village is a characture, and in some ways an irritating one, granted there were instances where the Peninsula war did decimate some villages, but this was a coastal Cornwall space, people rebuilt harbours all the time and moved the villages to follow them. Also with big houses come men, Gardeners, potboys, grooms, footmen etc and if the Finch house was only even moderately large there would be at least some of those men.Yes I enjoyed the read but it left a bit of a bad aftertaste. less

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