Review: Fortune Said: A Valentine Haberdashers Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
This tale is truly romantic.  There are no explicit sex scenes.  The heroine was from a gentry family but not well off.  All the family except Cicely, called Sissie, had died of typhus fever.  She had it first but was the only one who came through it.  Perhaps it was because her mother was able to help care for her before she got sick.  She lost everything, her family and her home.  Her uncle and cousin's family would not take her in and told her that at 23 she should have been married.  She was placed in the home of a Duke.  She was a maid, not even a governess.  She was impressed with the Duke 's valet.  He teased her a bit as well.  Then the baker, Whitman, got the fever.  Cicely volunteered to care for him since she had survived the typhus fever.  Anyone else could have caught it and died.  Whitman could die too.It was a good story.  Sissie had much compassion and was so glad she might save his life.  She was still grieving the loss of her family and the fact that she had nothing but an adventurous mind and hopes.  I think you will enjoy this one and hour teenagers could read it as well.  I recommend this lovely tale.