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Diane Davis White

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When we first meet Allie, she's eavesdropping on a conversation between her brother, Sir Gordon, and the Earl of Rothburn. What she overhears leaves her heartbroken... at least for a few hours. Soon she is merrily plotting to entice Rothburn to marry her beloved yet formidable aunt, Lady Alana (even though society has been given to understand Rothburn will wed Lady Eleanor... who just so happens to be smitten with Sir Gordon). Confused yet? Enter Griffin, the Earl's cousin, who is instantly smitten with Allie. Lady Alana wants nothing to do with romance, and resists Rothburn at every turn, and Griffin vacillates between wanting to finish his schooling and travel to the continent for a bit, and wanting to wed Allie instantly, even with no means for support. Add in a pair of squabbling, interfering society matrons, and there's a whole cast of not-entirely-likable characters. They just kind of drift through the story, not really doing a whole lot but talking and plotting and generally interfering with one another's lives.
Sprinkled throughout the last quarter of the book is magic, as if the author ran out of ways to fix the problems she had created and needed something to mend the story. It really was a bit discordant, and felt more of an easy fix. It wasn't explained or dealt with in any way, it just solved all the problems. Likewise, many other problems were resolved in a sentence or two, with little drama. it gave it an overall feel of incoherence, with things hopping from topic to topic and nothing really developed. It was hard to pay attention to what was happening, because I just couldn't become involved with the character's lives.
That said, there were enough scenes that were enjoyable woven throughout the story to make it a cute story. I would recommend it only if you had nothing better to do, and are willing to wander through the pages looking for the few gems..
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7
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39
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#376,657
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½ 4.3
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1
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3