trouble. So one of the brothers' friends steps up and offers to marry her, since she won't marry the guy who "ruined" her. She's met him, but because he's not her "type"--a handsome young man who dances--she's never paid him any attention. Now she has to. Sh ...more I really enjoyed this book. It's not your usual historical. The heroine is perhaps more reckless than most in her era, but she's got a bit of an excuse, having been raised by her wild brothers. She's bold, and she's curious, and now she's in trouble. So one of the brothers' friends steps up and offers to marry her, since she won't marry the guy who "ruined" her. She's met him, but because he's not her "type"--a handsome young man who dances--she's never paid him any attention. Now she has to. She hates being in this position, thinks the double-standard is totally unfair, and rebels against having to hang out with this oversized peasant-looking bastard son. (He's acknowledged, but still the "wrong side of the blanket.") The man she rejected is still hanging around, perhaps willing to blackmail her into marrying him anyway. She feels really bad for putting her family in this position. And the big lug isn't really so bad. He's much better at the stuff her ex-lover wasn't so good at (sex)... You know how this ends, and it's a lot of fun getting there. Dahl throws in a bit of a twist toward the end. It's a Good