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Fern is in much demand. Being the sole
owner of an island makes a woman expendable among those men
looking for a free ride. Fern is used to fending off
unwanted advances and so she protects her identity as best
as she can. Bathing a visitor, Lord Jarrad, she is unnerved
by his treatment of her as well as her reaction to him. She
never thinks to be on guard with him and so when he tricks
her into marriage and she inadvertently vows to obey him in
all things in front of a priest no less, Fern knows she has
met her match. Jarrad knows he can’t trust his new bride,
but he looks forward to trying.
Perfect Obedience was nothing like what I
expected. The blurb on the publisher page left a lot to be
desired, but with a hauntingly beautiful cover, I figured
what the heck. Fern is strong, likable, and somewhat jaded
about men. Jarrad is immediately intrigued by the shy and
hesitant young woman who comes to help him wash, never
knowing that his servant girl is the woman everyone is
talking about. When he finds out, the rest is history. The
love scenes were somewhat stilted and more than once I
wanted the characters to hurry up and just do it. My
patience at its limit, I had to stop reading for a while and
then go back and start again. The plot and premise held
promise, but the words and characterizations did not. I
would skip this one. |
