In the spring of 1840, eighteen-year-old Jessica Blair is a scullery maid in a remote manor house, part of the vast holdings of the Duke of Fornay. Two years younger than Queen Victoria, Jessica is the well-educated daughter of a deceased professor. Sole support of her widowed mother and avoiding an unacceptable marriage prospect, Jessica has secretly collected a flock of cast-off hens, and is … supplementing her income hoping to improve her future.Jessica is alarmed when horsemen race headlong through the twilight on the footpath she has inadvertently cut to the henhouse. She stops the charge short of disaster to find the threat is not many horses, but one magnificent, riderless runaway. Ignorant of the dangers in handling an overwrought stallion, Jessica calms the animal. She calls him OC Sweetness.OCOBacktracking, Jessica finds the missing rider, twenty-eight-year-old Devlin Miracle, the arrogant Twelfth Duke of Fornay, badly injured, and waiting for daylight. But, for this aristocrat, there will be no daylight. His injuries have left him blind.Struggling against their disparities, Devlin and Jessica resist, but sometimes love will not be ignored.Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors”
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This is more like the way people fall in love, certainly during this time period, not the way many are written today. This original storyline was welcoming.
Good read. Has happily ever after but some complicated turns first.
One of my new favorites
Love Kristin Hannah.
Liked this authors way of storytelling
Nightingale is a very entertaining book. I enjoyed it.
Jessica and Devlin are an unlikely match who are aided by those who love them.
Great book!
I did not like this book and did not finish it. Will not buy another by this author.
A different character type of reading of Dukes and their lives. Enjoyable to read a book that is just a little bit whimsical.
I LOVE BRITISH NOVELS. THIS NOVEL WAS GREAT. I love great storys_____not fantasy.
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This has an intriguing start, but soon goes on to be a more conventional romance.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Great character development. Not run-of-the-mill situation or characters. The plot was excellent. Highly recommend.
Good read
Some plot assitance would be welcome in this tale. The characters, while charming, act with inconsistent motivation. For example, if the heroine was such a sweet hearted girl wouldn’t she want to share her good fortune with her widowed Mama rather than foist off her care, and the care of her supposedly beloved cat and chickens on her …
enjoyed the story where good triumphs over evil
Strong female character that says what she’s thinking and is honest! Refreshing.
THIS BOOK HELD MY ATTENTION, IT WAS PRETTY FAST MOVING AND SOME OF THE ACCENTS WERE WRITTEN SO IT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS MEANT.
Pleasing story of light romance between two people at opposite ends of the class scale. I enjoyed the banter between the two main characters. I liked the fact that even though the “heroine” was at the opposite end of the scale from the Duke, she was unafraid to stand up to him. I enjoy understated sexual attraction rather than explicit romance …