Top-notch romance, highly recommended.

Faith will be rewarded. Great characters, good plot. ( )

Brilliant characters

Ms Rice has crafted a wonderful story, with masterful insights into human characters. Her hero and heroine are perfectly flawed and a delight to know. You look back on the journey you travel with them with sadness when it's all over. ( )

This steamy Regency caught my fancy. The main characters weren't your average titled leads. Fitz is broke and needs a wealthy wife. His future bride is far from wealthy and wants to be reunited with her siblings that have been taken from her as the solicitor believes they need a male presence in their lives.

What I appreciated most about the book is there were no easy answers or solutions, although we left the people happy with their situation. What I missed was the clever dialogue found in more traditional Regencies. I enjoyed this book enough that I got the second book in the series.

If you like Regencies and don't mind tastefully romantic, steamy scenes, then you should like this book. ( )

Fitz Wyckerly has just inherited a destitute earldom. He decides his only chance is to get away from his creditors to obtain the race horse he won in a card game. Unfortunately, his illegitimate daughter Penny gets them thrown off the stage coach into Abigail Merriweather's farm. Abby is trying to find a way to get her four half-siblings back from their guardianship and she and Fitz form an unlikely alliance to come up with the means to take care of all their troubles.
Grace Burrowes recommended this book and since I love her books I decided to give this a try, and I'm glad I did. It's a lovely romance with wonderful characters, a good storyline, and terrific writing. I intend to read the next books in the series while I'm waiting for Grace's next book. ( )

I loved this book! I loved the characters, the writing, the plot and the idea that there will be more books in the series.

Fitz is a younger son who suddenly finds himself Earl of Danecroft and beset with debt. Abby is an older sister of 4 step-siblings taken from her care to live with married guardians after the death of her father – she wants them back. Fitz arrives on Abby’s doorstep with his young daughter by chance and they become acquainted as he works on her farm and plots for the future. Both Fitz and Abby need to marry for money as neither has any and require it to accomplish all they need to do.

This is a story that I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved the interaction between Fitz and Abby, the friends of Fitz that showed up and will get their own stories, Lady Isabell and Lord Quentin’s wager and meddling, the scenes that were interesting and well-crafted, the humor, the idea that family is important, and a whole lot more.

When I got to the wedding night I wrote: “GREAT wedding night – best ever read!” and that was not due to steamy erotic writing but due to the warmth and thoughtfulness and beauty of it all.

I am eager to read more in this series. I have read other books by Patricia Rice and enjoyed them but this one was deeper and more complex.

Thank you to the author for the copy of this book to read and review. ( )