"Lord Calthorpe's Promise" by Sylvia Andrew

Lord Calthorpe's Promise by Sylvia Andrew 2002

Description from back of book:
"Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash to promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister when he was killed at the battle of Waterloo. Katharine Payne was a golden-eyed virago who flouted Adam's authority at every turn! Maybe taking her to stay with his mother for the Season would absolve him of his responsibilities - that that such a headstrong chit, however endearing, would ever find herself a husband. Only when an unscrupulous man started pursuing her did Adam come to realise that fulfilling his promise might involve marrying the girl himself."

This book has the same basic set-up as Mary Balogh's "Slightly Married." However, Andrew takes it in a completely different direction. This book is charming in its own way, the classic story of how two people who hate each other from the beginning end up loving each other at the end. It's well written and rather clever, although it is important to state that there is no sex whatsoever in this book. And I found it a bit annoying at the end how it went so obviously into the next story instead of ending this one with a nice satisfying sex scene. Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading this book, and would pick up the other ones in the series if I see them.

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