Promise Me Tonight Book

4 stars - Historical Romance

This is a fun, sexy debut historical romance about the Weston siblings who all have Shakespearean names due to their mother's obsession with the bard.

Isabella Weston has been in love with her older brother Henry's best friend James Sheffield since she was a girl. Now that she's finally having her coming out in society, she's determined to make James fall head over heels in love with her and marry her using any means necessary, including seduction and trickery. James is back in England after a five year absence and is shocked to find that his best friend's impish little sister is now a stunning, sensual beauty. James knows he's in big trouble when he finds it impossible to resist her charming, cunning wiles and dogged ways, but his painful childhood has made him cynical about love and resolved that he'll never marry or have children, no matter how damn tempting of a goddess Isabella has become! A battle of wits and wills soon ensues between the headstrong pair, and it's quite entertaining.

I enjoyed the amusing writing and engaging cast of secondary characters, but I found myself annoyed at times with the leads. Izzie came across as immature, spoiled, manipulative, and selfish, although she does grow up emotionally over the course of the book, and James's severely brooding ways got a bit tiresome. Despite that, they seemed perfect for each other and definitely had sizzling sexual chemistry. Overall it's an enjoyable debut read in a promising new series. 4 stars!