Review: Strong heroine who won't settle for less
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2013
I like strong heroines who aren't afraid to turn their backs on a chance at marriage if they feel it won't be a happy one.  Charity is generous- too generous, really.  She cuts her London Season short to help out with the fundraiser for her hometown's church.  She is liked and respected by everyone.  Her brother describes her as "the girl every man wants to marry", and it's true.  She is always there for everyone, 24/7, helping out, and making a difference.  So much so that as a reader you begin to wonder if she might reach a point in which she regrets being so generous.  Lost in all the helpful advice given, work done, and commitments made is the fact that Charity is loved and admired for what she does, not for who she is.When the H proposes, she has to face the fact that she has a choice to make.  Should she allow him to see the Charity she keeps hidden away- the girl who longs to be loved simply as a wonderful girl, or should she remain the Charity which she presents to the world- the happy-go-lucky girl who is always there for everyone else and can always be depended upon to be selfless?Worthwhile novel with likable characters.