If you’re looking for a Julia Quinn-esque story that is more interested in the politics of the day, this is the book for you. Pendle is not one for ballroom scenes when she can take you to a workhouse or an impoverished farm. Plot: After losing a fiance to a tragic hunting accident she was involved in, Emily becomes obsessed with perfection to protect her family from even the possibility of a stain on her, and therefore their, reputation. After wronging a woman in a […]

I have no recollection of why I picked up this book. I have never heard of this author and don’t remember reading about the book itself. Still, I’m very glad I did for several reasons. Plot: the plot is pretty generic. Grace’s dad just died. He sucked. To punish her for having Opinions, he effectively cut her out of the will entirely except for a 50,000 pound dowry to be given to her husband, if he is a lord. The family’s sprawling business empire, which […]