This is an entertaining story of two star crossed lovers who just can't seem to get their relationship running smoothly. Tiffany Felton is a young woman from the countryside who has been sent to London for a season by her guardians, her aunt and uncle, who run a shipping business. Her parents died when she was a child and her aunt and uncle feel it is their duty to see that she is introduced to the kind of society her mother had grown up in. A woman has been hired to introduce Tiffany to society but the lady is more interested in increasing her own standing in society than in helping Tiffany be accepted by the members of the ton. One of the first people Tiffany meets at a ball is Mr. William Westerham, also known as "The Conqueror" for his ability to charm the ladies. He is very popular with the ton, but it is only due to his charm and their enjoyment of his wittiness that he is accepted, and the continued friendship of a society woman he once had an affair with. As he sees it, he is only one social faux pas from being socially ostracized since he does not come from a society family and has no wealth. He knows he is a fraud but enjoys the lifestyle too much to give it up.
Tiffany makes the mistake of speaking to William publically without having been introduced. William finds Tiffany fascinating but not worth giving up his social standing to get to know better. He feels sorry for her because obviously she doesn't know how to behave in society and ends up coming to her rescue repeatedly. But, has to keep fighting his attraction to her because she doesn't have the connections he needs to continue his lifestyle. Tiffany's social climbing mentor keeps throwing Tiffany at William and doesn't recognise that she is only embarrassing herself and Tiffany by being too pushy and rude; and she threatens to arrange a marriage for Tiffany to a man three times her age who has been widowed three times already if William doesn't show an interest in her. What is William to do? If he helps Tiffany he is afraid he will come to care for her too much; if he doesn't help her he feels like a cad for letting her be treated unkindly by society. He has to marry an heiress so a inexperienced country girl won't do. And when he shows her too much attention his former lover who brought him into society starts hinting she doesn't like it when he pays attention to another woman.
Lots more happens in the story to keep things hopping, but I don't want to give too much away. This is a very traditional Regency romance with emphasis on proper social behavior and language that is accurate to the time period. One other reviewer felt the book was hard to read due to the language, but I had very few problems with it and most of the words that I was unsure of the meaning were in the Kindle dictionary. I like the stories that are accurate to the time they are set in. This is a clean romance, which I feel should be encouraged since the writing is what makes the story enjoyable and it doesn't rely on titillation or porn to try to hide the fact that there is no real story to tell. It is nice to see characters mature as the story moves along and then are able to make good decisions for their future; and what would a Regency romance be without a HEA. I think that all makes for good storytelling.
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- Monique HarpigniesReviewed in Italy on September 8, 2019
William and Tiffany ride an emotional rollercoaster, sweeping the reader along as they pursue an intensely challenging relationship
- Mrs. C. A. BirdReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2012
A Love Story with Regency Style
