It's the first time that I start reading a book and can not finish it. I was forcing myself to read on, but the problem was that this book was so BORING! There is no action! Just talking, talking, talking! I am all for dialogue but this book was TORTURE! I could not finish it. Mirabel is just a mess and the hero (I can't even remember his name) is so boring. The book always refers to how he falls in love so easily and how he has fallen in love 100 times, and that is supposed to be romantic? That just shows how small minded and lacking in intelligence he is.

I wanted to kill myself while reading the book. So I swore off all Loretta Chase books, but I had already ordered Lord of Scoundrels, now that's a real book. I still haven't finished it and I am half way through, but it's great. Jessica and Dain are actually interesting. So maybe Ms. Chase just messed up with Miss Wonderful. So, if you ask me don't buy Miss wonderful, you will completely die of boredom, all they do is talk about that idiotic canal and about plants. The heroine is a fool and supposedly she is past 30 and still acts like she's 20 and the hero has no personality whatsover.

This is another book about the Carsington family, with Lord Hargate quietly matchmaking again. Alistair is the middle son, sensitive and known for getting into scrapes, he hasn't been himself since he was injured at Waterloo. Mirabel's father fell into a deep depression after the death of his wife, so Mirabel called off her engagement and has remained home to take care of her father and his estate.

PLot: Boy likes girl but is trying to behave himself and stay out of trouble, girl likes boy and since she meets no men where she lives will therefore remain a spinster figures she has nothing to lose by living for the moment. He represents a company trying to build a canal through her community, she leads the opposition. There is a minor plot with conflict but mostly it's just a sweet story about two well-matched people coming together and learning that they make each other whole.

This book is not as good as Lord of Scoundrels or Mr. Impossible, but it is still a good read. Both leads are very likeable. Alastair Carsington is sympathetic as a troubled Waterloo veteran. He is trying to regain his confidence by helping a friend to pursuade a small town to let a canal run through it. It will connect to the friend's mine in which Alastair has invested all of his remaining funds. Mirabel Oldridge is the daughter of the largest and most influential property owner in the area and she has a troubled past of her own. She is vehemently against the building of the canal and the unwanted changes it would bring. Mirabel is refreshingly direct and Alastair is amazingly sweet as they fall in love despite their opposing positions on the canal project. The book is a little slow in the middle, and there is too much discussion of the project. However, the ending is quite good and so is the humor.