Hijinks and Humor: A Night to Surrender

Tessa Dare's A Night to Surrender (2011) is the first of her Spindle Cove series. It stars Susanna Finch, the "spinster" mother hen of this village and Victor Bramwell, a recently wounded soldier who is intent on returning to active duty. That's what brings him to Spindle "Spinster" Cove, where he meets a group of emasculated men and unconventional women, the most alluring of whom for him is Susanna Finch. What follows is a humor-filled story full of hijinks and romance.

Having read this title three months ago, I do remember enjoying it. Victor Bramwell, newly titled Earl of Rycliff, is a stubborn man but finds his match in Susanna, a woman way ahead of her time: She is an independent woman, and dare I say, a feminist (pun unintended). Together and apart, they are both fully fleshed characters. While the story dragged for me a little 3/4 of the way, there's enough heat and other interesting elements to make this romance overall very enjoyable.

A Night to Surrender is a better than average romance with a cast of likable and intriguing supporting characters (particularly Corporal Thorne) whose stories I'm interested in knowing from reading the rest of the series.

This is a CBR8 crossposted review.