eh. def not the best lorraine heath. really liked the hero. ( )

I laughed, I cried. I just loved the story. ( )

3.5 Stars ( )

I barely finished this one and it's around a 2.5 rating. I was skimming through the second half just trying to get through it because I am a fan of the author.The heroine was awful. I don't think I've read a book yet where I put the book down twice because I wanted to throttle the heroine. Sure, both H/h have annoyed me on occasion in plenty of reads but this one for some reason I was so intolerant of. Just as I thought she might be heading towards redemption, she'd say or do something else that made me cringe. She had the upper hand in one area and she capitalized on it. Just turned me off. ( )

A nice read. The plot was interesting but the dialogue was a little overwrought and flowery. At one point, the heroine's unmarried sister is hosting a costume ball in London while her parents are off at the seaside. I found it highly unlikely that a single woman would host her own major event during the Season in the 1880's. Could be wrong but it struck me as implausible. ( )