Delos - reviewed on 1/27/2006

I haven't ever read one of these regency romance novels (of which, from what I've seen here, there must be a large number) but this one has to be one of the better ones. Perhaps that because the murder mystery it centers around kept my attention more than just a normal romance plot would. Not as much historical information about the lost rivers of London as it would initially have you believe it contains, but there was enough interesting information about the arcane social customs of the era to compensate.

This is about a fiesty and compassionate young woman whose stepfather loses her family fortune, forcing her to seek employment. A rich and mysterious Earl seeks a woman to pose as his fiance so he will not be bothered by the many families that would seek to throw their eligible daughters at him. There are many similarities between this couple and the famous Mr. Darcy/Elizabeth Bennett pair.

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