

The Gents come across as caricatures and are obviously a way to set up the book series as each Gent will find his true love and be helped by his buddies to make it work. He needs his bro pack to come in and save his marriage? Ick. Nothing says “romantic male lead” like a bumbling, immature, adult married man whose life revolves around hanging out with his high school buddies. There is zero chemistry (they are like brother and sister). I was so bored and irritated with the main characters. I made it through almost 9 hours before I just couldn’t take it anymore. Lucas and Julia have been betrothed without their knowledge and are to marry immediately. Now Lucas must rely on the help of his closest friends to win the heart of a lady who loathes him - a lady he’s coming to love more deeply every day.

And after traversing the world, he has returned from his adventures to find his family and home as he left them - except for Julia. The little girl he left behind has blossomed into a captivating lady, a lady who makes it clear she despises him. With little hope of reconciliation, the former friends are blindsided when their parents make a shocking announcement. Now, eight years later, Lucas has returned to Lampton Park, and Julia has steeled herself - she will never forgive the man who broke her heart.Īfter losing too many of his friends and family to early deaths, Lucas vowed to live life to the fullest. Julia Cummings has long been acquainted with loss - her mother, her brother, her sister, her friend, all gone too soon. But the loss that pushed her grief to the limit as a young girl was that of her best friend, Lucas Jonquil, who abandoned her without looking back.
