Review: Loved the twists and turns
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
I really liked the heroine of this story and she had such a strong will and presence, I had to keep reminding myself how difficult it was for women to be strong-willed and autonomous back in 18th century England. The lady in question has such a hard time being accepted fully as who she truly is that she masquerades under three separate names and identities as Henrietta, Hetty and Henry respectively (the latter identity passing herself off as male in order to perform on her horse in the show). It's no surprise that she catches the amorous attentions of someone nice and someone not so nice, thus setting up the conflict to come. It's all heady stuff and don't let the stolid appearance of the time and period fool you; the story moves along at a very brisk pace and the hot romance is just as steamy as any modern-based novel, some things never change, after all. I think this is the first of a series but I really liked how the story resolved (spoiler alert: happy ending) and I wasn't left hanging until the next one in the series comes out.