Miss Hazel Curwen finds herself facing ruin after she and three other ladies-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales, after left alone overnight at a wild party at the princess’ residence. Fleeing from the scene, seems the only means of saving their reputation. Soon after, Hazel finds herself accepting help from Sir Joseph Sayle, a man who she believes took advantage of the princess. Despite her initial perception of Joseph, Hazel soon finds herself, enjoying his company as they travel to their destination. It soon becomes apparent he may not be the rake that she thought him to be.
Both Hazel and Joseph are interesting characters and their time together gradually revealed their true personalities. Joseph is definitely more than he initially seems, coming across as a man of honour, who is both passionate and caring. Hazel’s journey is quite a difficult one, as she tries to uncover who has been involved in her fall from grace. Despite this, the romance between the couple was definitely forefront in this story, making for a great read.

I received an ARC from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.

I give the author props for an original beginning. The heroine meets the hero when he walks about of the princess's bedroom, buttoning his pants after he had been 'cavorting' with the princess. I was intrigued, but sceptical that these two would find common ground and find love in this story. I expected a mish-mash of ideas, one more outlandish than the next. But this author was unexpectedly clever and concise. The heroine has made an enemy because she didn't want to 'cavort' with a slimy Lord. So he sets up an elaborate trap to ruin the reputation of 4 of the princess's hand maidens. When the 4 ladies realized that they had been ruined by attending an orgy when they had been invited by the princess to attend her, they went 4 seperate ways. Our heroine met the hero along the way and had some very interesting and realistic adventures where they see found common ground. They saved children, discovered espionage, and assisted a political ali. This author uses a deft turn of phrase and ingenious ideas to tell her story. There was a fair-should-be-fare situation with spelling, but other than that the book was correct with spelling and grammar. The story is very well written with all the plots taken care of and no danglers. This is a stand alone story that made sense. I highly recommend reading. I give it 5 stars.

I had to DNF this one at 25%. I might pick it up later on, but I really struggled to get into it. The characters felt very bland for me and I wasn't able to get connect with them at all. I was also really confused about what was happening as well. I didn't know who was who. We were just chucked into it and it didn't do anything for me.

This is my fair and honest review, voluntarily given and in my own words, for this ARC. Not a steamy tale by any means. To me, the tale was a bit disjointed. Too many tales within it that really should have been seperate stories.