Review: Nice historical romance novella
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2013
I liked this story for the most part. The characters are fairly well developed for a short story, but there wasn't much in the plot department. London gentleman's daughter is nearly on the shelf because she's just too outspoken and independent and is secretly courted by the steward of her family's summer property in Yorkshire. The steward is the second son of the family who owned that very property ( the adjacent town is still named after his family ) until his older brother sold it out from under them and disappeared. The wealthy Londoner won't consider the steward as a proper suitor and, unknown to the daughter, refuses him permission to court her every year. Unknown to her father, the young lady and her steward still meet in "their" spot all summer long and have developed a strong friendship. This year, another peer has come to the house as a suitor, which pushes the friendship into becoming something more. Since the Yorkshire property is to be her dowry, how will the lady know who wants her for herself, and who just wants her land?Heat factor hot.