As for James, the marquis, he probably should have revealed his true identity to Elizabeth long before, but his secrecy is almost part of the fun. Elizabeth’s struggle, determination, and frustration all feel genuine. This is one of Quinn’s earlier books and it shows in the more stereotypical set-up, but it’s still a lot of fun. Unknowingly, she is already falling in love with one, as Lady Danbury’s new estate manager, Elizabeth’s tutor in the ways of flirtation, is actually a marquis. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Elizabeth decides to somehow marry a rich man. Elizabeth acts as a companion to Lady Danbury, but that doesn’t pay enough for her to send her little brother, a viscount, to Eton like generations of his forebears have gone, nor even for their sustenance. Elizabeth Hotchkiss and her orphaned, poor, but noble family are in desperate need of a savior.
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