Charlotte’s Control (The Control Series) by Maggie Sims – Review by Charlisa Wahtomy-Alba

<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208448904-charlotte-s-control” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Charlotte’s Control (The Control Series)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1707826859l/208448904._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208448904-charlotte-s-control”>Charlotte’s Control</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4092694.Maggie_Sims”>Maggie Sims</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6437451028″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
William Stanton is back home from Oxford for the summer. He has plans to hang with his friends and have a good time, however those plans change when he sees just how bad things have gotten. He instead spends time following his cousin around learning how to be an Earl and make acquaintances with the other gentleman for future business or political dealings. Charlotte has just stepped back into society after losing her husband to a fever a year prior. She feels out of place as she is not young enough to be a debutante, nor is she old enough to be a matron. She is in a gray area and isn’t quite sure how to proceed. When she and William lock eyes at a ball he wants to ask her name, but loses sight of her before he can approach her. In hopes that his cousin or good friend know her he asks them, however they do not. At the next big function the host is a common friend and makes an introduction, albeit it’s not full and formal but hasty. It was nice to see their relationship grow organically even become more even with Charlotte’s reservations due to her status. The characters were very likeable and well developed. I also liked that the steamy scenes weren’t so long that they felt overdone, but not so short it didn’t seem like there was any intimacy involved. They were tastefully written. As a first timer with this author I enjoyed the story and look forward to the next in the series.
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