by Julia London
Titled heroine is being blackmailed to work as a seamstress for the sisters of the newly-returned Duke's heir Hero. So she pretends to be a widow during her stay at Hero's estate. Heroine has been making dresses incognito for other society ladies when she & her 2 sisters were impoverished & she fear...
Though mistaken identities are fine, the play on social classes is not my favorite as far as plot lines go. That said, I ended up misty-eyed at the conclusion of the story. Some lovely interactions between the protagonists.
IMO this was the weakest book of the series. I love London's writing because she usually writes a big part of the book from the hero's POV, which didn't happen here. That left Will kind of a stranger for me, plus I didn't really like the way he pressed an employee of his into an illicit relationship...
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