Review: Entertaining historical romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2012
Heroine Chelsea is smart, outgoing and seemingly unaware of just how beautiful she is.  Hero Lord Wainwright (Brett) is confident, handsome, eligible and, like all good heroes, a bit of a rogue.  The two meet after Chelsea escapes to London to avoid being sent to live with her selfish and vain aunt, Augusta, who abandoned her at a boarding school after the death of her husband, Chelsea's uncle.  As nephew of Chelsea's Godmother (Daisy), Brett is tasked with escorting Chelsea around London during her first season.  Despite each character's initial somewhat negative opinion of the other, they soon find they share a close rapport.  Brett is almost immediately smitten with her and Chelsea, too, sees past Brett's cool, disinterested, exterior.Chelsea's Godmother, along with other side characters (guardian, Lord Lytton, and best friend, Sam) are also well developed and very likeable.  Of course, villains are included too, in the form of Chelsea's aunt and her brother.Set in the Regency period, the author also makes reference to well known historical figures.Overall, an entertaining light read, which I definitely recommended to fans of historical fiction.