A Lesson in Presumption (Lesson #5) by Jennifer Connors - 3 stars

A Lesson in Presumption by Jennifer Connors follows Ginny, our favorite romance novel heroine, to the Caribbean where things get hot in more ways than one, and where Ginny must learn that things are not always as she presumes them to be.  I give A Lesson in Presumption three stars because the action equals the drama and Ginny’s romantic notions are disproved.   In A Lesson in Presumption, Ginny wakes up in 1775 England in the body of Lady Corliss Gammage, as she is being attacked by her sadistic alcoholic husband.  While Ginny is trying to get away from him, he trips, hits his head, and dies.  Lady Corliss is blamed for the murder by her mother-in-law and shipped off to the West Indies to become a slave on a plantation.   A friend of Corliss’ family, Jeremy Northwood, is a British Naval Captain and agrees to take Corliss to the West Indies.  Instead of taking her to the plantation, though, he takes her to his home on another island before heading to Massachusetts to deal with the rebellious colonies.     Lord Gammage’s cousin and British privateer, Nathanial Webster, locates Corliss in her comfortable accommodations, kidnaps her and heads to the island where her new owner awaits.   Throughout the novel, Ginny sleeps with several men in an attempt to prevent her heart from being engaged, and identifies Nathanial as her “mega-hunk.”  When another woman arrives on the scene and turns Nathanial’s head, Ginny is forced to reassess whether she and Nathanial are meant to be together.   This fifth installment in the Lesson Series shows Ginny determined to have fun with her circumstances.  There were many funny parts and some stereotypical pirate scenes.  One of my Favorite quotes is “…they had to be victorious.  A book ending where everyone dies is sick and depressing and very, very unromantic.”   The dialogue was nicely done, but I wasn’t convinced that Ginny actually learned the lesson in this novel.  The pacing was a bit off, and the ending was a bit too quickly wrapped up.  I would have liked to see more of Ginny’s life with her mega-hunk.   On a technical note, the book needed another round of editing addressing grammatical issues.   Overall, A Lesson in Presumption is a nice read, and give it 3 stars. *Original review revised for The Romance Reviews.com at http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=10217.