more sense to me. However, they planned to allow Marissa to cry off the betrothal if she found she wasn't pregnant and if there was no scandal caused by her tryst with Peter White, so why would they give Marissa and Jude so much freedom to be alone? If they had been discovered in a compromising position, they would have had no choice but to marry, which Marissa's brothers seemed anxious to avoid even after it became clear that Marissa and Jude were falling in love. Other than the above, I thought the story was pretty good. I really felt for Jude and all of the little slights he had been subjected to because of his illegitimacy. I'm glad that his father acknowledged him and cared enough to not only attend Marissa and Jude's wedding, but to bring his legitimate son as well. I wish there had been an epilogue or something telling us about Marissa's meeting with Jude's mother, though - I bet it would have been quite something! I am definitely looking forward to reading Aidan's story next and hope that the author plans to write books for Edward, Harry, and Marissa's friend Beth as well. It seemed like she was setting up a match between Beth and Edward near the end, which could be interesting. I'd really like to see Cousin Nanette get her comeuppance in Beth's story, too! (less) This book didn't have the emotional impact that Dahl usually gives with her historicals. I finally warmed