Love-Interest: Though the handsome Phillip Wyndham seemed like a rake at the beginning (as most regency love-interests seem to do), he is a likeable enough character who defends the honor of our heroine on more than one occasion, which never fails to make me go “Aww!”.Protagonist: Despite her sometimes damsel-in-distress-y attitude, she has moments of heroism and strength that make her a likeable character.Story: Despite its sometimes-predictable moments, the story is quite original and kept me intrigued enough to wonder what will happen to our heroine next.Can she believe that such a love could be possible without it? But this fortune is not without its dangers as young Miss Daventry struggles to avoid the danger that such an inheritance could bring, she meets a dashing young man who values her without the knowledge of her fortune. However, fortune begins to smile on her as she is named heir to her grandmother’s estate. Marianne Daventry is a young woman living in the shadow of her confident and elegant twin sister Cecily. I guess I feared that it would be a bit cliché, but I was surprised in that regard. Over the past year or so I’ve become a fan of the proper romances found at bookstores like Deseret Book, so it only made sense that I should check out one of the first ones that people always recommended me to read. How refreshing it is to find romances out there that refrain from the smut that we so often see, even in “regency romances” (*cough* Bridgerton *cough*).

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