On 2-25-19 Annabelle Anders is offering up the first book in a new series, The Not So Saintly Sisters. In The Perfect Debutante the author has written a heart wrenching, yet informative, story of imperfection and compulsions. I urge you to keep an open mind, the story is worth it.

Our hero is Captian Lord Cameron Samuel Benjamin Denning, Marquess of Stanton. It's a mouthful and, I'm sure, hard to fit on a calling card. I found it interesting that his military rank came before his titular rank. Cameron is the first born, only son, and heir, of the Duke of Crawford. It's unusual for an heir, especially a dukes, to be allowed a commission. This tells us much about the relationship, and lack thereof, between pater and child. Now discharged from service, Cameron is home and ready to wed the lady his papa has picked out for him. Oh joy.

Miss Louella Rose Redfield is the lovely second daughter of Viscount Hallewell. The viscounts male heir has died and he needs to marry off Louella for cash, he's broke. No suprise here, it was done all the time. The viscount has something the Duke really, really wants, therefore the marriage.

Cameron and Louella grew up on neighboring estates and knew each other as kids. They did not part on good terms, which you will discover along the way. They meet again at a garden party and Cameron is impressed and attracted to this former tomboy. Louella holds a grudge for his teenage jackass behavior. The attraction throws them both for a loop and they decide to marry, and not just for duty.

I was taken with character of Olivia, Luella's older sister. I was happy to find out that she gets her own story in the late spring of 2019. I'll be looking for The Perfect Spinster. I must see if I'm right about the identity of the hero, hope I'm right, it'd be great.

The author asked for an honest opinion in return for an advanced readers copy of the book. It's a pleasure to share my thoughts with you. Each character finds comfort in the imperfections of the other. Being perfect's a heavy load on ones shoulders, a burden to bear even though you'd think otherwise. During this journey we deal with disfigurement, mental illness and addiction. Of course we also have attraction, lust, love, misunderstandings, a happy ending, all the usual emotions we look forward to. I indulged in a good cry too. It was totally worth it, you won't be sorry. Happy reading ( )