Smitten by the Brit

In Melonie Johnson's Smitten by the Brit, the 2nd installment in the Sometimes in Love contemporary romance series, this love story would sweep you off your feet from coast to coast. For Bonnie Blythe, she's a college professor who's helping planning her best friend Cassie's wedding as the maid of honor. But as an only child, she's been stuck in limbo with her fiancé Gabe that didn't go anyway with no planning wedding date. He's always making excuses for her and always late coming home. When she has had enough, she caught him in the act with another woman and nipped the engagement in the bud. When she thought she had gotten through one heartbreak, Duke Theo Wharton arrives in Chicago for business--this heartthrob she had met last year in Scotland. Bonnie has been more than interested in him and since she's free, she needed to get to know him better. As she helped planned Cassie's wedding in Scotland, things heat up for Theo and Bonnie when she traveled to England to teach in Cambridge. For Theo, who's the only heir and a non-royal duke, all his mother wanted for him to marry a rich heiress with an arranged marriage. His heart wasn't set for it as his feelings deepened for Bonnie when it started with a kiss. Although she didn't get want to get hurt in the process, she stayed away from her feelings from him and kept her distance. During Cassie's wedding,  she took a chance on love and found her prince Charming in Theo for her happily ever after.

This was a lovely and tender-hearted contemporary romance. I loved the majestic locations of England, Scotland and Chicago for the eye-catching scenic settings. I did care for Bonnie and hated for her to be stuck in engagement limbo with a scum bucket like Gabe. I did like her friends and thought they were a hoot. I did find Theo to be a hot and sexy piece of eye-candy with a piece of royalty on the sided. There were some fine moments that made me laugh or snort for some great lines of humor throughout the story. This would make you want to swoon and find your own royal duke to fan yourself after with non-stop action, sexy romance, plenty of drama and sparks of intrigue through and through and right to the end.


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