Author: Julia Quinn

Genre: Historical Romance

Julia Quinn's novels are "un-put-downable", as always, to coin a phrase.

I've always adored her novels, especially those about the Bridgerton family. This novel however, is a non-Bridgerton one, yet it made me feel the same. Laugh and cry.

At ten, Miranda Cheever is tall, awkward and gangly. And also, she fell in love.

With her best friend's brother.

And eight years later, she encounters him again, this time, he, an embittered widower, and she, a young debutante-to-be. Somehow, in a twist of fate, he marries her, and they are caught in this problem.

Lord Turner, the hero of the story, cannot say "I love you" to Miranda, even though he does.

I don't want to cut this short, but I'll deprive you of the joy you'll get in reading the story. One thing's for sure:

You don't know what you've got until it's being taken from you. Well, almost.