Regency romances are not normally my first choice, but this was really good. In the first chapter I though "do I really want to read a romance of a 17 year old girl and 20 year old boy, both upper class, set in 1820 England? But this was not a vapid upper crust society parlor room book. After the first chapter I quickly fell in love with the characters and their story. Kate longs to be free - free from her mother and her rules and expectations. Henry has loved her forever and they were childhood friends. You feel her anguish about her choices and her fight for her freedom. You also feel his anguish because he has a deep love for her that he thinks is unrequited. She does not know of his love. She realizes she does but she is holding back and the reader does not know why. You want to scream with frustration at her to just choose him and be happy. Then you learn the secret she knows and it all falls into place and you realize just how strongly she loves him. It is a romance and so of course there is a happy ending! Well written, good emotions and story, and beautiful setting in the Yorkshire moors.
