#Ceruse DeLand

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REVIEW

The Lyon’s Perfect Mate by Cerise DeLand

The Lyon’s Den Series

Mrs. Dove-Lyon does it again…she impresses me with her matchmaking acumen and the results are once again…perfection!

What I liked:

* Mrs. Dove-Lyon: Intriguing woman in disguise, manipulative, cunning, wise, and rather wonderful. I would LOVE to know her backstory

* Priscilla Catherine Taunton: survivor, difficult childhood, finally comes into her own after inheriting and setting things right, suffers from PTSD whether she knows it or not, even tempered, wise, giving, wealthy, and someone I would love to have as a friend

* Valerian Sanders Anderleigh, Viscount Mannington de Broke: came into title unexpectedly, Captain and fighting for 8 years, spent time away from home, returns to empty coffers and everything in disarray with hopes to put all right again

* The way Cilla dealt with her last stepmother…loved that!

* Val’s wisdom when it came to pleasing women even though his pride led to some difficult times for him

* The courtship honeymoon shared by Cilla and Val

* The communication between Val and Cilla

* Cilla’s ability to tame Val’s temper…usually

* The way Val’s family was “handled” in a wise and positive manner

* Evers: an extraordinary butler ;)

* All of it really…left me feeling good at the end of the story

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Thinking about what Cilla experienced growing up and what Val saw at war

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and Dragonblade Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

Can two people who have learned how to fight for all they want and win push pride aside to save their love and their marriage ? Miss Priscilla Taunton has little to commend her. No looks, no titled family, no savoir faire. But her fortune can buy her a husband if she’s brave enough to use it. Cilla has struggled to make a new life for herself. Years of ridicule and suppression at the hands of her parents mean she has had to live down the scurrilous reputation her elders cast upon her. But after creating herself anew, Cilla needs a husband of good cheer and spotless reputation. To make that a reality, she’ll use her money, all of it, if necessary, to hire Mrs. Dove-Lyon—and ask for herself only one special reward. Captain Valerian Anderleigh has always won every battle. Hailed by his superiors as honorable, revered by his men as heroic, he is a legend. When Val returns home from the wars to assume his family’s title, he meets challenges for which no battlefield prepared him. His estate is flooded. His stepmother and her two daughters spend every penny. His younger brother runs wild. Val will do anything to resurrect his family’s pride. Even enter the Lyon’s Den and assume a terrible burden. Surprisingly, marrying a lovely, lonely woman becomes not a challenge but a greater joy than he anticipated. Losing the love of his life in defeat is not an option. Read Free in Kindle Unlimited!