2008-10-04 was the author living in Australia while writing this book?

It started well enough, with a great chapter setting up the 3 friends fighting together in the Peninsular War- the author sets up the 3 heroes quite well & I am a sucker for series romances.The plot was reasonable- the illegitimate son of a nobleman trying to get his revenge after his mother's death .I enjoyed the scenes with the hero working with horses-he's a famous sought after horsebreeder -those scenes seemed quite methodical & logical ,but then I don't know much about horses,and assume that the Author did her research thoroughly before she wrote them.

What I can't understand, & feel very disappointed with is the many ,many historical gaffes in this novel & the following one.I bought both at the same time. HOW I wish I'd bought & read the first one before going onto buy the second.

The whole book is littered with mistakes-

1)Servants in the early 19th Century NEVER reply to their masters- even lowly horsebreeders- "No worries "-

2) The heroine's older brother ( as the son of a Marquis, would have a courtesy title-) however, on one page he's a Viscount, a few chapters along, he's an Earl......-he could possible have been both an Earl & a viscount-depending on how old his father's title is- ,but usually the senior title takes precedence.

3)The heroine's younger brother is called a lord at one time, then a plain Mister somewhere else -again- ???????

I fully intended to buy the third story in this series- about Lord Bramwell Johns- but don't think I can do until someone from the Editors write & confirm that such stupid basic mistakes won't appear in that book- it detracts from a reasonable plot & some engaging characters & is frankly insulting to the reader.

On the whole those clangers ruined the whole story for me-

Lisa Kelypas,Liz Carlyle & Stephanie Laurens seem to be able to get these little points right !

Ms Enoch-get yourself another editor !!!!