You Made Me Love You
Cerise DeLand
Historical Regency
Love does not advertise.
Love extracts no price.
When a young widow wishes to marry again, will the man she grows to love ask more than she can give?
Mrs. Tynley Wallingford yearns for a quiet, comforting marriage to a man whom she can respect. She’ll go to any lengths to find the best candidate who can respect her, in turn. Even correspond with one fellow at length before she agrees that Kendryck Hollens is the man whose words awaken her desire for a husband she might grow to love.
Tynley takes a risk and sails to Wales with the best intentions. She finds in Kendryck a man with a noble ambition—and a family filled with age-old conflict and despair.
Kendryck Hollens returns home to Wales after fifteen years abroad, a stranger to his cantankerous family. He assumes his rightful title as baron of the legendary house of Strade and attempts to change the dastardly reputation of his ancestors, and put his siblings on the right path to a purposeful life.
Thrilled that Tynley has come to his home, he notices that her presence creates challenges among those in his family. But he feels assured she can help him obtain what he wants most in this world.
When a tragedy threatens to ruin his ambition and his family, he fears the price of endurance will ruin Tynley’s personal objective too—and drive her from him.
How much can one ask of one whom they love? Are any prices too high?
Uncaged Review: What a great story. Tynley is a widow and answers an ad in a paper that has a gentleman looking for a wife. She’s looking for a peaceful, easy gentleman to marry and she begins correspondence with Kendryck. Deciding to travel to his home in Wales on her own to meet him, not a safe thing to do for a woman who is alone. Kendryck has come home from being away for 15 years and wants to settle down with a wife. His stepmother and 2 half siblings are at residence in his home and are such spoiled people, they are almost unsavable. Tynley and Kendryck decide to take some time with her staying in his home to get to know each other, but there are a lot of obstacles to overcome.
In this story, we have a lot of suspense, family drama, romance, danger including a murder and a lot of challenges for the two to make it to their HEA. They start out as friends and they slowly find out how much each of them mean to each other. Tynley’s strength is just what Kendryck needs to become the man he wants to be and to shed his family’s past. I did not read the other books in this series, but because of this one, they are now on my radar. Reviewed by Cyrene
5 Stars
