by Jade Lee
My review for the Historical Novel Society's magazine. In brief: loved the focus on working class hero and heroine in this Regency, with the surprise ascension of hero to dukedom. Plot verged on the gothic-ridiculous at moments, but heroine was pleasingly complicated and pulled her weight like n...
Rated 3.5 Wendy has been working hard for months to pay off her brothers gambling debt, and the man she owes money to she despises. He is cold and hard and cruel. Wendy is exhausting herself working days as a seamstress for the shop, and then nights at the gambling hell. The last man she expects to ...