Mary Balogh has the ability to truly make me feel her characters. Although she writes romance novels, to me the bedroom scenes are truly secondary and not neccessary to the story. That is not true in many romance novels. In Balogh's novels, My heart swells and breaks a little with these characters. In Someone to Care, she has truly nailed it for me. I really related to Viola and Marc as well as Marc's children. The romance is well crafted. The past and present make sense. The characters from the other novels are fun to see again. I loved the first one in the series. I liked books 2 and 3 but book 4 is back in the "loved" category for me. From the other books, I didn't really like Viola that much, although she does become more sympathetic in book 3. Even so, the first chapter of Someone to Care captured me and I didn't want to put it down until I had finished the book.

Mary Balogh never disappoints, and this is an outstanding entry in her Westcott family series. The hero and heroine are in their forties with grown children, so older than usual romance genre main characters. But that only means their story is rich in experience and complicated backgrounds. And because this is the fourth series entry, plenty of younger characters, both family and friends, from the previous books play a large part in the narrative. This novel is highly recommended, and I look forward to what comes next.

Nobody does a better job at writing Victorian fiction than Mary Balogh! I really enjoyed this story of Viola and Marcel - older than the usual characters in historical fiction. Reconnecting after many years they find a second chance at love. Fun

Great story! This is the fourth book in the Westcott series. I've enjoyed all of them.