Miranda Comstock, widowed and impoverished, accepts a position in London caring for a child who was blinded in a fire. When she discovers the child’s mysterious guardian is the lover who’d seduced and abandoned her five years earlier, her first thought is to flee. But nine-year-old Phoebe depends on her and is blossoming under her care. Jeremy Montague returns from Jamaica to take up his duties … his duties as the new Earl of Longley and is shocked to find his former lover is his ward’s nurse. Believing she played him for a fool, he vows to remove her from his household, especially when his traitorous body begins to remember the passion they shared.
But there is a mystery afoot involving a long-ago disappearance, Miranda’s resemblance to a society debutante, and the child’s suppressed memories of the fire, which are starting to emerge. As Phoebe’s memories become sharper, Jeremy begins to suspect that he and Miranda were pawns in a twisted game. And both must learn to trust again, if they are to find their way back into each other’s hearts.
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This book had modern day characters set in regency setting. It didn’t work for me.
High drama when the poor misunderstood, betrayed and impoverished heroine is hired to care for the blind ward of the man who seduced and left her with child five years before. Ms. Gibson, You had me at misunderstood.
Highly recommended for a holiday without leaving your couch and, at the same time, an accurate and terrifying glimpse of early 19th century treatment of the physically handicapped.
It was a wonderful story!
I love the story.
The characters are great in this book. The storyline is so different. Great Read
I say unpredictable because there are twists and turns you don’t see coming
Of course they would end up together but we got to see their relationship develop to their happy ending without the predictable fairy tale ending. I loved the relationship between Jeremy and his brother as well as the relationship between Miranda and Mrs. Emory. Miranda and Phoebe’s relationship was very real and touching. I enjoyed the social commentary on slavery and the English opposition to slavery which had its beginnings in this time period.