Her attraction to the Duke of Blackthorne, Charles Cornelius Radclyff, is immediate, though her admiration of his handsome features is quickly dampened by his scowl. While she has moments of sorrow, though, her innate sense of self allows her to turn even deadly situations on their heads and make lifelong friends. With the addition of a hateful step-mother, Penelope could have become a tragic figure. She has a fierce protective streak and little sense of her own limitations. Miss Penelope Fairweather is a genuinely loveable person who tries her best to help everyone she encounters regardless of social standing. I chuckled and laughed aloud many times, as did the characters themselves. It’s hard to do comedy well, but this tale manages without either breaking the timeframe or depending on malice. Rather than overturning these tropes, the book embellishes them with well-meaning carryings-on and humor. This story is firmly planted in two common Regency tropes, that of love developing between the dour guardian and his charge and a country mouse let loose on London society.
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