A steep learning curve for all!

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The Wolf and the Wildflower by Stacy Reid           

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All of London is agog and aghast! The return of the lost Lord from the wilds of Canada! Missing for ten years, James heir to the Duke of Wolverton has returned home. His mother wants him presented to the Queen, acceptable to his fellow Lords, and ready for marriage—Yes! We’re talking the infamous marriage mart!

A tall order for the Duke who’s been living in isolation for ten years! 

I’m unsure as to whether this is a contemporary presentation of Tarzan where wolves have replaced apes or what! What we are not witnessing is a feral child, raised by wolves, but a boy/man who demonstrates the will and determination to survive being lost in the wilderness for so long, now being overwhelmed by a totally different society. The noise, the crush of humanity even pared down to family must be, was, more than he can at times cope with.

Meanwhile Jules Southby has been called in with his father to try to work out if Lord James is insane, and if not, to get him ready for presentation. If that’s not enough, Jules is hiding his own secret, a secret our Lord of the Wilds discovers with a few sniffs it seems!

Having returned from four years study in Austria, Jules is itching to see what makes the lost lord tick. He gets more than he bargained for.

A highly improbable tale that titillates and delights as the Duke goes his own arrogant way. And why not I say? Jules discovers what he really wants from life. I’m left cheering the uncompromising person the Duke’s probably always was, but has been superbly honed by his circumstances.

I’m really not sold on the whole able to smell someone through a solid door but it did add to the drama. As the end drew nigh I wondered how it would be resolved. In the end, rather simply!


An Entangled Pub. Invite via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.

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