I received a digital arc of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
There are aspects of this book that very much reminded me of The Secret Garden. The story is largely set in the country and we follow our hero as the new steward as he revitalizes the estate. There is an unseen unwell male shrouded in mystery that our hero eventually stumbled across and also has a positive improving influence upon.
Our heroine is the beloved step granddaughter of the duchess in residence. She loves her home in the country and is reticent to leave for London to do the season. Not least of which because she must deal with prejudice at her mothers being from India and her having browner skin than the average English lady.
There is a theme of mystery surrounding the heir to the dukedom. The romance is slow build, low to medium steam with only about 1.75 open door scenes. Minor enough to skip over if that’s not your thing. Trigger warnings - parent death, racial prejudice.
This is an author I have read before and I would say this is representative of her work if you’re a fan you will likely enjoy it as well. Personally I’m a huge fan of epilogues and there was one but this was a situation where I really wanted to know more about how things continued on and would very much have liked a second epilogue. It is by no means however a cliffhanger and at least all of the important parts are wrapped up. The characters were just really endearing and I would have liked to spend more time with them. 5/5
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