Verity (The Sugar Baron's Daughters #2) - Lisa T. Bergren

This is the second book in this series about three sisters.  The first book was about Keturah, and the third will be about Selah.

In this book, we start out on with the plantation on the island of Nevis.  Verity has decided to leave the plantation and start up her own shop in town.  It's been a while since she's heard from her beau, Duncan, and she's wondering what happened to him.  When she discovers that he's dead, she's set on a path that brings her face to face with Ian, Duncan's brother.

Ian doesn't meet Verity in a very flattering way.  In jail for attacking English officers, Verity takes pity on him and gets him out of there for Duncan's sake.  Ian is also a captain, like his brother, and Verity asks him to transport the items she's taking back to Nevis for her shop.  They grow close, and fight against their feelings for a time out of respect for Duncan.

I really liked the first one, Keturah.  This one was a bit all over the place for me.  There was so much to remember.  With all that going on, there were still long descriptions of things I didn't care that much about (the scene where Verity is trying on hats and hairstyles). I also wasn't a big fan of the whole "switching to loving the brother" thing.  It happened a bit too quickly for me.

I had trouble getting into the story of this one.  I'd put it down, and I wasn't really looking forward to picking it back up.  There's also more than one cliffhanger at the end, and I'm not a big fan of that either.  The writing itself was good, but I liked the first one so much more.  At this point, I'm not sure I'll continue with the series.

*I received a copy of this book from Bethany House through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Artful Match (London Beginnings #3) - Jennifer Delamere

This is the third book in the series.  It tells the stories of three sisters, and this one tells Cara's story.  The first book, The Captain's Daughter, is about Rosalyn, and the second, The Heart's Appeal, is Julia's story.

Cara is considered to be the most emotional of the sisters.  Not only is she the baby of the family, her sisters don't think she can take care of herself.  Due to an unfortunate mistake, she loses her job as governess and is out on the streets.  She tries to go to Julia, but her sister is away from home.  Not only that, but Cara is shocked to discover that Julia has gotten married and went to South America!  Cara feels betrayed and angry, and after a discovery at a pawn shop, she doesn't want to reach out to her other sister, Rosalyn, either.  She meets Langham, an artist, and realizes she wants to be an artist as well.  Langham is a bit of a mess, but she's confident his heart is in the right place.

Henry already knows that his brother is a bit of a mess, and he's come to London to track him down.  When Henry finds his brother drunk at a pub, he also meets Cara.  She immediately catches his eye, and he's curious as to what she's doing with people like his brother.  Henry doesn't understand the art world, but he's going to get acquainted with it.  The more time he spends with Cara, the more he likes her.  And when he sees how well she deals with his young ward, he likes her even more.  They both have secrets they keep close, but only the full truth will allow them to be together.

I enjoyed this one.  I liked almost all the characters.  I won't list them here, but they were well-written and easy to care about.  You'd be okay reading these out of order, but if you like this kind of book, you'll get more out of them reading them in order.  Good Book!

*I received a copy of this book from Bethany House through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.