Trial by Desire - ISBN:0373774850

Trial by Desire

Date: 15 April 2011, 13:16

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I was late to read Courtney Milan's debut novel PROOF BY SEDUCTION because the love story of a peer and a commoner (and not only a commoner but one working as a fortune teller) is never one of my favorites. But after seeing all the favorable reviews, I picked it up at the library and loved it.
This new book, about the nephew of the hero of book one, is not quite as good as the first, but it's close. Hero Ned Carhart had emotional problems in PROOF BY SEDUCTION and they carry over into this one. At the end of PBS he is found in a compromising situation with Lady Kate, the daughter of a duke, and they must marry. But 3 months into the marriage he leaves for China on a mission for his uncle (but actually on a soul-searching mission for himself). At the beginning of this book he returns after 3 years away. He and heroine Kate are almost strangers to each other (although the physical attraction has always been there) and this is a story about their learning to really know and understand each other and, of course, develop a deep, mutual love.
Kate is considered a vapid, superficial female shopaholic by members of the ton, but she is hiding her true depth. She has a secret mission to help women abused by their husbands. So the plot of this story, beyond the romantic aspects, involves Kate's help in hiding the wife and baby son of one of Ned's friends. (Ned and other members of the ton are not aware that this friend is an abuser, BTW.)
Kate does not confide in Ned about what she is doing and Ned does not discuss with Kate his emotional and mental problems. My take on his problem, BTW, is that he suffers from clinical depression with dangerous periodic episodes where he feels almost suicidal, although we only have allusions to this. And since there probably wasn't medication for this in 1838 (other than laudanum) it must have been very difficult for him to cope during these episodes.
So we have these two main plotlines going: 1) Ned and Kate learning about each other, and 2) the abused wife being helped by Kate. The second plotline gives us an interesting look into women's role in society then, their lack of real power even to escape abuse, and we even have a look at trials and the judicial system at that time. Milan may be taking a few liberties there (in the trial section) but it's still interesting. For me, this was a rewarding read and it's nice to have a new author who writes so well.

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