Carol Guthrie's Reviews > How to Wake a Sleeping Lady

** spoiler alert ** I loved how Grant and Nessi are introduced to us in the prologue. Their romance is charming. Then the book quickly takes a turn for the worse. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the speed with which Grant exercised his husbandly rights with a new woman. Within the short span of three years (not knowing if his wife was dead or alive) he had re-married and impregnated Eugenie. Ick. If Grant was determined enough to marry Nessi despite his mother's wishes, why did he cave when his mother insisted he marry again before he was ready? It is hard for me to imagine he was deeply in love with Nessi and devastated with her loss. It is a good thing that Nessi's father didn't give up - at least we are supposed to feel that way. I found the situation to be much too messy and annoying for enjoyment. I skipped to the last four chapters - right in time to have the story resolve somewhat happily. Eugenie is given a second chance at marriage. Grant gets another child (which he will keep secret), Nessi gets her memory back, and the evil mother conveniently disappears from the picture.