Never Forgotten by Hannah Linder

Never Forgotten
by Hannah Linder

ISBN-13: 9781636098371
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Barbour Fiction
Released: November 1, 2024

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Georgina Whitmore's not accustomed to any man being unaffected by her charms. She's sure she's in love with the indifferent Simon Fancourt...even after he leaves England without a word, breaking their engagement. Twelve years later, Mr. Fancourt returns to British society with two children and a mad hunger for justice. Simon works to uncover the men responsible for releasing the murderer that killed his wife. That person threatens his children and tries to kill him in an effort to get him to stop.

Simon's mother urges him to fulfill his father’s will, which states he must marry Georgina to inherit everything. Though she longs to accept, she won't marry man who doesn't love her. As tragedies unravel and secret enemies narrow their sights on Simon, Georgina risks her life—and her reputation—to protect him and the children. Will the danger, for the first time, open his heart to her?


My Review:
Never Forgotten is set in 1813, mostly in England. I got 63% of the way through this story before I just couldn't care how it ended and quit due to lack of interest. I just couldn't relate to the main characters, who seemed determined to be contrary. Georgina is rich, beautiful, and sweet. She had many suitors but only fell "in love" with Simon, the only man who was indifferent to her. She still believes herself in love with him twelve years after he abandoned her (his betrothed) for another country and another wife.

Simon's father doesn't come across as cruel or unreasonable, but Simon will do anything (even stupid things) to spite his father...even after his father's dead. Simon also handled everything with violence, killing his wife's murderers and then beggaring himself to return to England to have revenge on the person who set those known murderers free instead of hanging them. His method of searching for answers left dead innocents in his wake.

Since Georgina was one of the few still supporting him, he used her, even put her in danger to protect his children. It's only at the point that I quit that he began to think he had misjudged Georgina and took some interest in her life and worries. The thing is, Simon has a horrible temper and dealt with practically everything personally and with violence. If Georgina and Simon get married, I just don't believe Georgina will get the devoted love that she's longing for. Someday, Simon will hit her or maybe even abandon her again because he doesn't appreciate his current life and thinks something else will be fulfilling. I don't want them to end up together, so I won't finish the story. Georgina deserves much better.

There was no sex or bad language.


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