"Lord Gideon Haverston wanted to right his family's wrongs. So when he promises young Winnefred Blythe the money that his stepmother had cheated her out of over the years, he expects to be greeted as a hero. But the situation is much more complicated that Gideon expected and the task of taming the untrusting Winnefred much more alluring."
My Review:
3 out of 5 stars
Winnefred Blythe is a woman who has been abandoned almost her whole life and forced to make do with whatever she scrapes together. She's done exceptionally well for herself under the circumstances, but when Lord Gideon Haverston shows up to repay his family's debt it stirs up both of their lives. I related strongly to Winnefred's independent personality and her need to do things on her own, and I really enjoyed her confidence when voicing her opinion during a time when women were seen as merely objects.
It took me a very long time to get into this book, and I'm not sure why. I was about to give up on it, but after checking fellow goodreads reviews I discovered that Nearly a Lady had a lot of great reviews, so I decided to continue reading. While I do think it got better the more pages I got into it, I only marked it three stars. I love Winnefred and Gideon as individual character and I was ultimately rooting for them, I was just not fully absorbed into the story. I do think it was a good read and for fans of the author, worth reading and I would probably have had a higher opinion of it if I had read it at a different time, I was just not completely sold on the story.
As always let me know what your thoughts were on this book if you've read it, and if you haven't let me know if you would be interested in reading it.
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