An excellent story of two people who set out with a ruse and end up falling in love. James is a Duke and Emma hatch a pact to help each other but the tables turn or plot twists and things happen for the good in this case. Both have to learn that some parents need to be let go and they need to grow up. In their case James needs to move on for his own happiness and Emma needs to let her mother grow up. I do recommend this book!

4.25* This is another great start to a series that has caught my full attention. One of the thing that I can say about Jess Michaels is that she can make me cry in a prologue more times then any other author. In this first book we meet janes Rylon the Duke of Abernathe raised by a father who treated him with contempt, a mother that drank her sorrows away and a sister Meg who he adored. When he was young he and his friends formed The 1797 Club made up of their friends who were to be Dukes. They became his extended family. Emma Liston is a wallflower because she's to intelligent for her own good and nothing to offer a future husband. She's watched James from afar, he's always made her nervous. He's larger then life to perfect, the golden boy and way to handsome. Then one night at a ball she helps Meg with her mother and everything changes. James starts to notice all the things he's never noticed before and he starts to crave getting to know her better. They strike up a plan to help ea h other out but the more time spent together the more they begin to need each other. Their grand plan just might backfire on them. I can not wait to read the next book and Meg gets her HEA.