3 of 5 starsPainter Simeon Jones doesn't enjoy portraits, but he's got to pay the bills so when he's commissioned to paint a viscountess, he would finally have enough money for a while. Unfortunately, a scandal involving the viscountess sends him packing, but he's not alone. Lady Myrtle Allen, the viscount's sister, decides to flee the country estate with Simeon. They agree to a business arrangement--he'll accompany her to London and she'll pay him the lost commission. What could go wrong?
The books in this series have been a hit or miss for me. This one was kind of a miss. I thought Myrtle was so annoying. Is anyone really that clueless? I understand she's brilliant, but she grew up a lady and knows the proper behavior of interacting with the ton. I did like that she wanted to use her mathematical skills to help other women and that was admirable. I liked Simeon a lot more although he could be self-centered when it came to his art, but that can be attributed to his mother's teachings that he must pour all his attention into his artistry. I didn't really feel the romance between these two. It was more about an experiment to see if they could be more brilliant/artistic if they totally focused on it. to the exclusion of everything else. There are some graphic sex scenes, and the HEA didn't happen until the last 10% of the book.
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