Happy Friday! I hope all of you have had a great week but if you haven’t I hope you are looking forward to a great weekend. I am starting your weekend off with a fabulous regency romance by Jennifer Wenn. Never Had a Dream Come True is the second book by Jennifer Wenn. If you read her first book A Family Affair you will see some familiar faces. That being said you can read this as a standalone also. So, if I have caught your fancy with this intro keep reading after the book blurb for my full review. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Book Blurb:
Lady Penelope de Vere has been in love with Rake for as long as she can remember, daydreaming over him constantly. But as her debut in the ton comes closer, she decides to finally let go of her silly childhood dream and accept someone else’s wish to court her, someone who appreciates a quiet, book-filled life as she does. She wants marriage and, despite all the hints she throws his way, Rake only wants a mistress…she thinks.
Lord Richard Darling has known Penny since she was a child and not once thought of her as anything but his niece’s best friend and a very convenient scone-fetcher. That is, not until he happens upon her swimming in the lake at Chester Park dressed only in her thin chemise. A most eligible bachelor with a libertine reputation, he suddenly finds the girl he’s always appreciated has turned into a woman he could love forever. So why won’t she accept his proposal?
Review:
Penny has been in love with Rake for her whole life. Rake has looked at Penny like a little sister until he caught her swimming and he realized what a woman she has grown to become. Once Penny realizes that Rake is now interested in her she knows she must guard her heart against the well-known womanizer. Rake doesn’t give up easily. Even after Penny agrees to court a more sensible man she is still madly in love with Rake and knows she always will. Penny must decide whether she wants the life she has always dreamt of or a much more sensible one.
I really liked this book. It was a quick read and my two favorite characters from A Family Affair are back with their own story. Penny and Rake are well written and become very intense once things start heating up. The story and the ill-mannered way that Penny is treated by her own family adds a bit of intrigue to a typical Regency Romance. Though this may ring as a typical Regency romance I find that Jennifer Wenn’s characters and story-lines are still catching and draw in the reader. This is the second book with these characters but you don’t have to read them in a series. I suggest you do because both are great stories. Overall, this is another winner by Jennifer Wenn.