The Viscount's Only Love

This book is the second in the Christmas Belles series. It is also the a reunion story... and what could be better than reuniting with a lost love than at Christmas?

If you read my review of The Earl's Wagered Bride, book one in the series, you would have discovered that the three books in this series happen simultaneously. I found this quite interesting as scenes that happened in this first book, occur again in this second book, but just from a different perspective.

So this is the love story of Delphine and Neville. These two met and fell in love years earlier and ultimately Delphine was jilted by Neville. Fast forward a few years and now Neville wants to rekindle his relationship with Delphine and gets himself invited to his friend's house party in order to hopefully reconcile.

Delphine has a huge heart. But after having her heart broken by Neville, she's concentrated on her charitable persuits and keeps men at arms length. That doesn't mean she doesn't flirt or enjoy their attention, she's just not interested in a relationship. I like that Delphine is independent, but saddened that she had haredened her heart. But she has this soft spot that Neville is totally willing to exploit in order to win her hand.

Neville is a character of growth, which is seen during flashback and talk of the past. He's now worthy of Delphine. I also liked that Neville was a wounded war hero... making him more real than a lot of the seemingly perfect heroes in romance novels.

All in all, I enjoyed this story more than the first book in the series. And I can't wait to move on to book three. Well done!