A Date at the Altar by Cathy MaxwellCathy Maxwell’s final book in her Marrying the Duke series, A Date at the Altar, is wonderful. Maxwell’s masterful ability to create compelling characters and tell a heartbreakingly beautiful story is fully on display here.
The book features the twice-jilted Duke of Baynton, Gavin Whitridge, and struggling actress/playwright Sarah Pettijohn. Though they have continuously been at loggerheads, they enter into an agreement which is mutually beneficial, only to find so much more.
In this book Maxwell turns traditional tropes on their heads - the hero is earnest, open, and an innocent, while the heroine is distrusting and emotionally scarred. Together they must conquer seemingly insurmountable circumstances in order to find their happiness.
One of the best things about this book, and in fact most of Cathy Maxwell’s books, are the characters. She has an uncommon talent of creating protagonists that are fleshed-out, realistic, and worth caring about. While the setting and circumstances are far removed from modern sensibilities, the emotions and questions raised are not. The driving question of this book asks what is worth sacrificing for love, be it be hopes, honor, duty, soul.
This book is eminently worth reading, and reading again.
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