It didn't rock my world, but it did provide a nice day of entertainment. Mostly I liked this book because I liked the characters. Along the way a real relationship develops between Gwen and Alex. And the story moves from London, to Paris, to Monte Carlo, and back to London. Gwen's actions and motivations are particularly believable. The plot doesn't sound all that original, but it works, mostly because it's all believable. And he's there when she proclaims that she's done being the good girl. He is home in London to witness Gwen's second jilting, however. But because he works in trade, he's rarely at home. (Basically he saw that it was an act, even when she didn't.) For that and other reasons, he's long been somewhat attracted to her.

It would seem that any number of fortune hunters would be all too eager to marry her, except that she's been left at the alter not once, but twice.Īlex, Richard's best friend, always saw through Gwen's act. After her parents and brother die, she's left as the heiress to a $3 million pound fortune (in 1890, at that).

Gwen devoted her life to being the perfect young lady, and finding a titled man to marry and start her own family with. Her parents wanted Gwen and her brother Richard to be able to move around in high society, so they essentially farmed out their children to ensure that that occurred. The heroine, Gwen, was born to a very wealthy merchant family. And the characters are just plain likable. It follows the basic formula, but at the same time, it feels original. Well, finally, after Wicked Becomes You, I can relate to why Meredith Duran gets so much praise in the romance genre.

I always felt like I was missing something, like there was more there to the story, but for some reason it wasn't getting across to me. There was something about her writing and her storylines that I found. Duran continued to get so much praise that I decided to try again with Written On Your Skin. I read her first book, Duke of Shadows, after hearing so many gushing reviews. This was the third Meredith Duran book I've heard.

Wicked becomes you by meredith duran