Red-Haired Ash Reads

When Miranda is told she is getting married that day to a man she has never met, she does the only sensible thing you can do, run away. She runs to her great aunt’s crumbling castle on the Sussex cost so she can celebrate Christmas with her friends. What she doesn’t plan for is to fall for the Duke of Concord who is also staying at the castle training local militia to fight against Bonaparte. 

This was a wonderful Christmas romance. Caspian and Miranda start out on the wrong foot with Caspian trying to take the castle from her and also being the cousin of the man she was supposed to marry. These two had a quick and steamy relationship that they both figured would be a fling since Caspian planned to go back to the frontlines and Miranda wanted to stay single. Like all flings, this one clearly didn’t stay a fling and their relationship turns serious and I really loved how Caspian declared his love and want of marriage to her. 

Caspian and Miranda’s story was sweet and I loved how much Caspian fell so hard for Miranda. Also this has one of my favorite things, which is when the grumpy hero reluctantly falls for the sunshine heroine over a holiday they hate, and this one was very enjoyable in that regard. Overall, this was a great short holiday read and I would totally read more of this series to see the other spinsters fall in love. 

TW: emotionally abusive family members; death of family members in carriage accident mentioned; 

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