I enjoyed this! Traditional Regency style and squeaky-cleanness aside, this had some nice angst about unrequited love, quality Misunderstandings, and no real love triangle to gum up the works, thank goodness (I hate those); the other woman never has his affection, nor he hers, and she is out of the picture fairly quickly. I’ll definitely read more Elizabeth Bailey if any of her other books cater to my favorite tropes. ( )

Marianne has been in love with Justin for years, and she thought it hopeless. Justin promised he would wed Selina. When the engagement is scandalously broken, will Marianne have her chance or will misunderstanding consign her to spinsterhood forever?

This was a delight to read. I enjoyed seeing Marianne and Justin. Of course, I would have liked to see better communication between them but the story would have been over before it began. Nevertheless, they both were lovely characters.

Though a lot of their getting to know each other happened before the beginning of the novel, their attachment was obvious. They had time to know each other and that made the romance so much sweeter.

The rest of the cast was amusing. The pace of the plot was slow at times, especially when the miscommunication happens between Marianne and Justin.

I would recommend this to fans of sweet Regency romance. I received a free copy from NetGalley for reviewing purposes and all opinions expressed are my own ( )