Booklog 20/2018 - Julia Quinn: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband - Rokesbys #2

[jacey]

Julia Quinn is always a reliable read. Though the premised for this is a bit bonkers it largely worked for me. Celie Harcourt abandons England with barely a penny to her name, and goes tearing off to the Americas when she finds out that her brother, Thomas, has been injured. When she gets to New York she finds that Thomas is unaccountably missing, but his best friend, Edward Rokesby is badly injures and in need of care. In order to get access she tells the authorities that she's Edward's wife, and since he's insensible she gets away with it. When he comes to, he's conveniently lost his memory and so she fools him, too. That's the point at which I was screaming for her to do the sensible thing and tell him, but no, she continues to fool him as well - until she doesn't. Even though I had a few quibbles, it was an enjoyable read.