To begin with, this did read a lot like a Georgette Heyer, and Anna Snow is almost perfectly a Heyer heroine. There’s something very relaxing about being able to identify the tropes and spot what is being set up for the future. Knowing this was part of a series, it didn’t take me long to identify which characters introduced in this book would be getting a novel for their own romance at a later date. So this was a Big Claim, and one that immediately caught my attention. I devoured her romances in high school, and have revisited them again and again as an adult, like some kind of delightful romantic comfort blanket. You may have heard me mention Georgette Heyer a few times, across several reviews. This book was advertised with a pull quote claiming the author was the heir to the mantle of Georgette Heyer. As London society and her newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm Anna, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well and for so long. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady.

Īvery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance.

But the new earl’s guardian is interested in Anna. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. Īnna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath knowing nothing of the family she came from. Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family – including the daughter no one knew he had. Author: Mary Balogh ( website / facebook)

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