Bram’s cousin Collin is a spoiled rake who got dragged along but gives a fabulous speech that had me looking for someone to share it with. I liked the cast of characters that make up the town.

I liked that there was multiple storylines going on and all seemed feasible. Susanna has learned much in the way of medicine, sadly through her own hardships, and uses that knowledge to help others. It is he that the hero, Bram, has come to persuade in order to get back to fighting in the war. Her self-absorbed father, who I came to dislike greatly, pays her little attention spending all his time on his inventions. She has built a world for women to flourish and safe. Susanna is a strong woman who has made the most of her situation. Our heroine, Susanna collects the books so that they are very hard to find in the rest of the world. Worthington’s Wisdom” – a book that was filled with anything but wisdom on what is proper for a lady to do or say or not do or say. I really enjoyed this book! I laughed out loud many times at some of the tiniest details, such as a lamb named Dinner that was still living at the end of the story. The scene is set for an epic battle…but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose? Susanna has no use for aggravating men Bram has sworn off interfering women. It's a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch–a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram's makeshift army. But he has no choice, he has orders to gather a militia. So far as he can tell, there's nothing in this place but spinsters…and sheep. Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men. This story was nominated in the Best Regency Historical category.

Tessa dare a night to surrender