“Please” – he bowed, with flair and sarcasm in equal measure- “allow me to kill myself at your tender request, O unnamed woman whose life I have destroyed.”
Whoever this woman was, she’d long since sacrificed any obligation he had to speak as a gentleman in her presence.
“Or from this world,” she said venomously. “You may assist me,” she spat, “by removing your presence from London.” It is very important to them to show that the fences have been mended, and that Hugh and Daniel are once again friends – and that the family accepts Hugh. She is forced to spend time with Hugh as her cousin has asked that she accompany him and make sure he is brought into the fold during their wedding celebration. Given the chance she immediately confronts and berates him – and thus begins their unusual courtship and journey to happily ever after. A Smythe-Smith cousin who hates him tremendously for all of the pain and suffering he has caused her family. “All things being equal,” Hugh said with devastating calm, “I’d rather she not be a fool.”Īh yes, like all of Quinn’s greatest characters Hugh has wit, charm, and a sense of humor should he so decide to use it. “Just marry some fool girl and give me an heir!” his father roared. He keeps everyone at a distance and Quinn does a fabulous job of painting him as our tortured, scarred, terribly moody hero.
Badly wounded from the duel he has to rely on a cane and is significantly limited physically. Hugh has a crazy and abusive father, and he has no reason to believe that he’ll ever find love. Who is Hugh? He’s a friend of Daniel Smythe-Smith, and a severely injured man thanks to a duel with Daniel that he instigated years prior. This is Hugh’s story, and that is all I needed to know in order to jump in and devour this book instantly. He should be the one with the permanent repercussions. Now Daniel was getting married and would live happily ever after, and all would be just as it should have been. He had subdued his father, and he had located Daniel Smythe-Smith and brought him back to Britain. Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn (Smythe-Smith Quartet #3)
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