Review: Proper Attire: A West Indies Proper Romance by Danielle Thorne

Proper Attire: A West Indies Proper Romance by Danielle Thorne

Published September 25th 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing

Ebook, 150 Pages

Series: Stand-alone?

Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Rating: Kissing

Source:  I got a free copy of this book  in exchange of an honest review.
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Summary from Goodreads

Pressured to marry for money, Julia Scott flees England and a cruel stepmother to determine if the West Indies is the paradise of her dreams. Attacked by pirates and desired by island natives, the only person she can trust is John Smith -- if that's her rescuer's true name. Reaching her uncle's station in English Harbor, Julia must find a way to face her feelings and deal with her traitorous family, a dashing new suitor, and the guardian angel, John Smith, who has no qualms sporting counterfeit names and less than what is proper attire.

A cute, quick, clean, historical romance about Julia Scott - a woman who flees her terrible step mother who was forcing her to marry an older gentleman for money. Julia get's kidnapped by pirates as her ship is transporting her to the West Indies where she is hoping to stay with her uncle. She is rescued by John Smith, who for the most part of the book she assumes is a pirate and their adventure begins at sea. With only a small boat and no where to go, Julia and Smith find themselves floundering around at sea trying to find a way back to English Harbor. After an incident on an island with it's natives, and almost dying from hunger and heat stroke - Julia and Smith get picked up by a passing ship.

The ships captain takes a fancy to her, and is suddenly present in Julia's stay at her rescuers house, who does not go by the name of Smith as it turns out he is so much more. The captain wants to court her and although Julia finds him handsome and charming at first, she quickly grows to realize that her feelings might be tangled up elsewhere. 

Once again, I thought the story was light on the romance. It was a quick read that once again could have benefited from being slightly more longer in order to be deeper. But it was a clean romance that had adventure at sea, making it a great read. I enjoyed the bit of action as it kept the story flowing. Julia just wanted to find someone who she can grow old with and hopefully marry for love and not money. What she did not expect was to fall for one of the unlikely suitors right under her nose. There were moments where I wanted to throttle her, but I mostly enjoyed her character - even if she did need to be saved a lot.

Smith was great, he went through great lengths to save Julia even if one of the incidents that happened and his questionable actions made me roll my eyes - I still liked him.

Like I said. Cute read, light on romance so once again I couldn't feel the connection between the characters, so no chemistry but the adventure made up for the rest. Pretty good for a quick read.