Series: The Untouchables, #1
Traits & Tropes: ruined heroine; titled hero; lady's companion
Publication Date: 03.15.16
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; London, England, 1811
Heat Level: 1
Rating: 4/5
Narration Rating: 4/5
Since an unfortunate mistake left her ruined almost a decade ago, Miss Eleanor Lockhart has lived the quiet life of a spinster with her father in the country. When her father’s circumstances are reduced and she can no longer live with him, she is forced to seek work as a lady’s companion. When she secures an excellent position, she knows she must take care to behave with exacting propriety, which means she shouldn’t be daydreaming about what she’d like to do with her employer’s stepson, a man who could easily destroy her reputation all over again.
Titus St. John, the Duke of Kendal, has distanced himself from society since his father’s death. He only deigns to appear at his stepmother’s annual season-opening ball and he’s far from the rake he was in his youth. His youthful stupidity helped bring about Nora’s ruin and is a large reason for his keeping a distance between himself and high society now. With Nora back, Titus has a chance to make up for the wrong he did to her, but helping her into the arms of another man is more of a challenge than he expected and he may wind up ruining her chances all over again.
This was a great, light-hearted low angst read. I liked that, although he had a secret that he thought would keep them apart, Titus still wound up taking a risk and seeing if he could have a life with Nora. I love that Nora was able to realize that neither of them was the same naïve, reckless young people they once were and these two were able to move on together in a satisfying way with minimal angst. I really adored Lady Satterfield and her relationship with both Titus and Nora as well. I can definitely tell this is an earlier work, but I enjoyed it as a quick distraction from the real world and found it to be a good comfort read.
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