Elle's world collapsed when Johnny left her in Venice, 1740. Her trust shattered when he didn't return until 1743. Old friends and new alike are thrown into crisis after Johnny's resurgence.
Now that Elle has built a new life for herself, will it be easy to forgive? When she finds herself in the middle of disaster, will she be able to trust Johnny to save her...
Megan is an author, creative, and supportive sister to new writers, based in the Midwest USA. With two decades of writing experience, Megan enjoys writing in a variety of genres. Some of her books include Codex: a novel and the Royal Intrigue trilogy. When she isn't writing, Megan enjoys embroidering, spending time with her family, and whimsical meadow frolicking.
The story takes place right after the end of the first book, at least it does for Johnny. For Elle it's been a couple years.
I think I wanted more with this one. The plot was decent but I don't feel the characters really grew. They seemed to be stuck in the same place they were at in the last book, and for Johnny who had only been gone two hours, that made sense. But I liked his character. I found him comical and I loved his interactions with everything around him (I'm also a sucker for a British boy so I'm probably biased). Elle, however, annoyed me in this one. Both characters are supposed to be adults and I felt in some ways they acted like juveniles. I don't know, maybe it was just me. I think too, for me personally, I look for romance in my books and I can't quite tell if these two are destined to be together or not. The phrase 'best friend' gets thrown around a lot, and yet Johnny will do things and other characters will comment something that makes me feel that he likes her as more. I'm not entirely sure what direction their relationship is meant to be going in.
Again, I know Megan personally and consider her a friend so it makes it a lot harder to rate and review one of her books. I will always support her, always buy her books and always read them. I would still recommend this series to people. It was a nice, quick read. I felt she did her research on the events and while the 'big bad' was a bit out there to me, I still rolled with it.