He Wasn’t her Cup Of Tea At School!
Grayson Fairfax II has just been informed that to inherit his father’s fortune he must find a woman of good conscience within 30 days to get the £1 billion – otherwise it goes to his cousin Eddie [just a hint: he’s one to watch!]. Gray is more interested in being a playboy, a womaniser, spendthrift and idle boy with no commitments and I didn’t particularly like him at the beginning of the story. He has no idea what to do as all the women he knows are NOT of good character and , one in particular, Lilly, is pure poison. But then he sees Isabella – aka Miss Goody Two Shoes from way back at school who was the only girl to not fawn all over him. Isabella’s dad has died and the business is in trouble and she’s trying to do her best to keep it going to support all the workers who have been loyal to them all these years. When he proposes that he’ll help her [and the business out] if she will pretend to be engaged an din love with him to his father’s friend/solicitor, Mr Fink, who has never had a very high opinion of Gray, she initially rebuffs his proposition. A few hours later and the bank has declined her load she goes to Gray and negotiates with him. He wants her as she is absolutely stunning but Isabella basically tells him that Hell will freeze over before she’d have anything to do with him sexually. I think Emily Bishop has constructed a really great storyline here and I do like Isabella all the way through the book. At the very end, Gray seems to have matured [which was about time to be honest!]. I just wish he hadn’t been such an ineffectual drip towards that vile Lilly and Eddie who showed his true colours towards the end. It would have been interested to see where they were in ten years time as I still don’t feel convinced by Gray’s about change. A well written book by Emily Bishop and it is certainly entertaining and will keep you engrossed for a good few hours. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Definitely Recommended
