Review: Purple and orange "rags" will certainly make one take a second look
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
I would really like to score this as a 3.5.  I liked it but parts were very predictable. Our heroine is a very independent as well as intelligent woman who likes to manage the estate dressed comfortably, i.e., in breeches.  And she only enters the London season and attempts to find a husband, as her guardian holds up the carrot of buying her an estate to own and manage without outside interference.  Of course, she has to deal with the reactions of the ton/with the whispers of society gossips, but this is handled by the guardian.  And then we see Elizabeth being courted by a Lord, which gives her the option of having a marriage but being allowed to manage her estate as he finds her "spirit" attractive.So she has to make a big decision about his proposal but while in the country and while having that decision under consideration, several other things happen...the sexual attraction between Elizabeth and her Guardian, Michael, comes to a head and Elizabeth's entire future is threatened when the cousin and his hateful wife and her brother show up accusing her of mismanaging the estate the cousin inherited and which she had been managing previously.The unrequited love between our couple can't seem to come to completion due to a family secret held by Michael.  How that plays out involves the rest of the story.I found that I could put this book down and walk away.  There was not enough suspense to make me anxious to read on.  But it was a bargain at the price of $.99.