Another tour-de-force from Regina Scott, she does the most amazing job of combining Christian beliefs with a solid romance. The back story is especially good for this title, using the scientific research for miner's safety lamps as the connection between the two romantic leads.

Emma Pyrmont, orphan, hasn't been treated well, either at the orphanage or her foster family, but she still has the capacity to love, especially her charge, Alice, daughter of Sir Nicholas.

Sir Nicholas Rotherford, widower, has focused almost all of his energies on his research into safety lamps for miners, leaving his daughter neglected.

Emma, with the help of the cook, decides to change that.

Good mystery subplot which explains why Emma has joined the Rotherford household and how she's so knowledgeable about chemistry.

Altogether excellent. ( )

2.5 stars ( )

4 STARS

The Courting Campaign touched me in different ways. Reminds me how many simple things we take for granted that people did not have a 100 years ago. Their are lot of coal miners in this area and yes it's still dangerous but so much safer than before. Orphans are easy prey still in the world but they should not be. That fathers spending time with their children can make a big difference in there lives.

Emma is now a Nanny in the Rotherford house for three months. Sir Nicholas has not met with her yet. Emma is smart and is an orphan who lived with a another scientist as her foster father but really were more like slaves in his household. He wanted to marry her off and she decided to find a different job instead.

Emma loved Alice and was glad to be a nanny to her. She has a doll who is her companion at all times. Alice mother died awhile ago and her Aunt lives with them to run the household.

When their is black smoke in the lab the cook asks Emma to go check on Sir Nicholas. Emma was planning to find him passed out on the floor but he was just going on with his work. She made him go outside to get fresh air. When Sir Nicholas asked her, " She was?" She told him." Your daughter nanny for the past 3 months and he should know that."

Emma decided she need to launch a Courting Campaign to throw Nick and his daughter together more often. She planned to get him out of the lab more often so he could get to know his little girl more. A few others in the household agreed with her.

I have to admit to chuckling with the cooks plan to get him to spend time with his daughter. She did not use spices in his food and his favorite breakfast item she sent them all up to nursery. So he would have to eat with his daughter if he wanted any of it.

Nicholas wanted to make the mines safer for the miners so he was trying to make lanterns that did not catch fire with the gases in the mines yet give them the light they needed.

Interesting characters some you really liked and some you were meant to hate. Their is some good tension between the characters too. Alice is charming. Drama was good plus suspense was mild. Easy to read in short amount of time. It is also a clean read.

I was given this ebook to read and asked to give honest review of it when finished by Netgalley.
publication: August 6th 2013 by Harlequin Love Inspired Historical 288 pages ISBN 9780373829767 ( )