As their relationship moves along, they open up their hearts to each other, revealing things from their pasts they have never shared with another soul. Their relationship develops through frank, heart-to-heart conversations, a good example of which is when, early on in the book, Justin proposes to Estelle, thinking she would make a suitable countess, and she refuses. There is certainly an attraction between Estelle and Justin, but more importantly, there is a meeting of minds. Someone Perfect is a wonderful example of a connection based on trust, fairness and honesty. What could they possibly have in common? And out of this, Balogh crafts a masterful romance. (Even his dog is huge and intimidating.) He finds her far above his touch. Estelle and Justin come from dissimilar backgrounds: he, a stone quarry laborer she, a gently reared lady. When Justin returns to the estate after his stepmother’s death and invites Maria to live with him, Estelle accompanies her for companionship. His accent and background earned him rough words and rougher treatment, but he survived and thrived and made friends for life, with whom he still keeps in touch even after becoming an earl. For reasons Balogh does not at first reveal, Justin left home at the age of 22 and had to earn a living. Maria was brought up to view Justin as a despicable ogre, a thief and a liar by her mother, a reputation Estelle accepts as fact.īrought up in love as the apple of his parents’ eyes, Justin was shocked when, after his mother passed away, his beloved father remarried a much younger woman. Lady Estelle Lamarr was horrified when her close confidant, Maria, was banished to a smaller estate upon the death of her father and her estranged half-brother, Justin Wiley, inherited his title and property. Despite coming from very disparate backgrounds, two people connect at an unanticipated and deeply emotional level in this historical romance. Mary Balogh’s fabulous Westcott series boasts some of the most memorable characters in her oeuvre and her latest installment, Someone Perfect, is a fitting addition.
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