Love on Assignment by Cara Lynn James should be a quick read, but I must admit, it took me awhile to get into this book. The storyline follows a woman in her early twenties, Charlotte Hale, as she tries to work to provide financially for herself, her ailing aunt, and disabled sister. When a rare promotion offer is given to her by her boss, she immediately takes it for financial gain, although she isn't sure if her motives are pure. Her assignment, to spy on a local religious columnist at a rival newspaper while posing as the family governess, leads to twists and turns in the storyline and a religious awakening of sorts within Charlotte. Obviously there is a bit of a love story going on as well, as shown by the title.
While not overly amazed by this novel, I will say that it was a wholesome read that kept my attention. I liked that even though this was the second book in the Ladies of Summerhill series, I was able to jump right into the story without needing to read book #1 first. I'm not sure how the book within the series are related, but it seems like each story could stand alone, at least to an uninformed reader like myself. I will probably not read more by this author or within this series, but I do not regret the time I spent reading about Summerhill and the values presented within Love on Assignment.
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