Save the Last Dance for Me
Maitland Maidens
More Than Words Press
September 28 2015
77
Mr. Benedict Grey is the only heir to a long-standing title, and he knows his duty: find a suitable girl, get married, secure the succession beyond himself. But if a gentleman could be called a wallflower, Benedict would fit the description perfectly. And for the past six years, he’s been out of Society more than he’s been in it. How will he find a woman to wed and bed when he can barely converse with the ladies of the ton?
Lady Honoria Maitland has promised her dying father that, before he breathes his last, she would find a husband to take care of her. But she wants a gentleman that loves her, not her dowry or her name. When she reunites with her old friend Benedict, she proposes a plan that will help them both: a faux courtship and betrothal. She can teach him how to woo a woman and simultaneously ease her father’s last days. But Honoria’s clever plan failed to account for Benedict’s heart...or her own. Is she strong enough to bear the loss of her father and her friend?
My Review:
This is Cora Lee’s first published work and for 77 pages it’s pretty good!
Benedict Grey has been in Greece for the past six years and is now home. His cousin Whitby announces that his wife is giving him a welcome home party. She feels that is importance for Benedict to marry and produce an heir. However he is bored with Society and at a ball he runs into a close childhood friend, Lady Honoria Maitland. Honoria is a duke’s daughter and is also being urged to marry. She is plain-speaking and enjoys Society. She convinces Benedict to allow her to teach him to dance to assist him more in courting.
I really wished that this novel was longer, because I read it in an hour! The hero and heroine were very appealing people. It was a sweet and heart-warming! I would definitely recommend this to fans of clean regency romance novels!
