Review: Short, really short
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
The author`s characters jumped pretty quickly into a sexual situation.  Ella isn't a titled lady; she is a seamstress.  Five years ago she had gone to a ball pretending to be her mistress.  That young lady had eloped with a young man her parents didn't approve of.  Ella meets Lord Ashe.  They are immediately smitten with each other, and they eventually wander off together.Ella gives herself to the man.  To his credit, he says he loves her and wants to marry her.  He will make the announcement that night.She is discovered by her employer, and with the knowledge Ella had assisted in the daughter's eloping, Ella gets sacked.  She has a friend sailing from England the following morning, and Ella goes with her.Now she is back in London, still working as a seamstress.  The dress she has made for a customer is for the Ashe ball -- no one enters without an invitation.  The customer refuses to accept the dress and thus Ella winds up going to the ball when the invitation is dropped.Hero and heroine meet again, love blossoms anew.  He had been searching for her.  There is an uproar when she is spotted by the lady who refused the dress.Hero comes to the dress shop to claim his bride.  Happy ending.The story was too short to discover much of the hero.  We learn Ella is educated and seems to be a good sort of girl, perhaps a bit outspoken.  We learn of her feelings regarding war with the French and the Americans.  But of the hero the reader learns little, other than he seems to be a decent sort of fellow.I would have liked this to be a little longer.  At least enough to get more of an idea about  Lord Ashe.