Through the Fire

My Rating: ★★★★

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Synopsis

When two people have walked through fire, can love bring the healing and help they need?

Spurned by love, Lady Margaux Winslow, daughter of the Marquess of Ashbury, has no use for the other eligible gentlemen of London. Despite her beauty, her sharp tongue soon earns her a reputation as a dragon. Convincing her parents to let her retreat to their Scottish estate, a home for abandoned young women, Margaux feels she can do something meaningful with her life. At their wits' end, her parents believe a few months in seclusion will teach her to appreciate her privileged existence, and accept the next gentleman of worth who offers for her. Margaux has no plans to yield. But neither she nor her parents bargain for the proximity of the gorgeous, blue-eyed Scotsman on the neighboring estate.

Gavin Craig, content with his life as a country doctor, is unexpectedly thrust into the world of aristocratic society after the accidental deaths of his brother and nephews. With all the duties his new title entails, and his adoption of three orphans, Gavin desperately needs a wife. She should preferably a lady, trained since birth to manage a noble house, servants and family. His former disdain for a marriage of convenience has been rapidly overcome by the colossal task of learning to run a large Scottish barony. One lovely candidate is right next door … except that she's inexplicably determined to be a spinster…

My Review

I loved this book! Gavin and Margaux are characters that you instantly fall in love with and root for from the very beginning. Your heart breaks as you grieve with Gavin and you can sympathize with both Margaux and Gavin as they experience the growing pains of adjusting to a new life. I won't give any of the story away, though that is incredibly hard to do, but it is engaging and incredibly easy to read. Sometimes with regencies it's hard to relate to that time period but I did not feel that way with Through the Fire. Elizabeth Johns has a way of fleshing out her characters, making them come alive and become beautifully relatable.

The story flowed from page to page and it was an enjoyable read for me. The only thing that bothered me were several characters that appeared in the story that did nothing to add to the tale as a whole. I can see the parts with these characters being confusing to readers since they do not belong and left me a little confused myself. It is also predictable but most regencies are so that doesn't bother me that much. What can I say, I am a sucker for a happy ending.