Janice - reviewed on 7/8/2010 + 647 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I enjoyed this book very much. I have always loved the 'traditional regency', with its emphasis on character, setting and story (as opposed to pages & pages of repetitive unmotivated fantasy sex which is so much the fashion now). The premise of the book (impoverished nobleman marries merchant's daughter) is hardly new (Heyer's A Civil Contract being the best known example), but this isn't a rewrite or a ripoff; these characters are young, fresh and engaging, and the problems they face are as much to do with the difficulty of marrying a stranger as they are to class differences. I liked it and would recommend it to any trad regency fan.

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