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Just finished Lady Sophie’s Christmas Wish

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish is book 1 in Grace Burrowes new series of the Windham family, The Duke's Daughters.  Available 9-24-19, it's given me 3 books for my TBR pile.  I liked Sophie's brothers so much that I want to read their stories, it's an interesting family.  Although I enjoyed the characters, the plot seemed to stick in several places.  I got a Men Are From Mars vibe.  Our couple are both socially awkward and it makes for quite a few awkward scenes, I wanted to shake both of them till their teeth rattled.  At least I was invested in their relationship.

Lady Sophie Windham is lonely, even in a crowd.  She'd like a husband & children of her own but it has to be a love match.  Mr. Right hasn't come along and she's given up hope.  Now all she wants is a few days alone, no family, no servants, just her own company and thoughts.  I can't fault her for that.  A maid runs off without her baby and it's up to Sophie, there's a snow storm & she's stuck.  Along comes Vim Charpentier, he's stuck by the storm too, handsome, kind & knows about babies!  They get to spend a couple of days together & never give away their titles, they're just Vim & Sophie.  For 2 people so right for each other they can't seem to communicate.  Superficial talk & baby lessons go fine but anything deeper is a mess.  They, of course, get their HEA but it's a miracle.  By the end I was exasperated with these two knuckleheads.