Bonita novela histórica de romance con unos personajes muy bien desarrollados que mantienen el pulso con sus diálogos ingeniosos, llenos de pullas y coqueteos. Narrativamente está perfectamente cuidada y consigue atraparnos en la época y la historia que se nos narra, con escenas bonitas y un trasfondo personal duro, de dolor, orgullo y superación. Sin embargo, creo que algún giro más le habría venido bien para dar más tensión a la historia, pues al terminar te deja con una sensación agradable pero también de un "podía haber sido más". Ordinarily I love Guhrke's historicals, but it took me a while to warm up to Julia, the heroine in this Edwardian romance with a Sleeping Beauty theme. Yet by the end - I was won over. Story of a notorious divorced baroness who is keeping a secret of why she seduced a man (the Duke of Trathen, who she has known since they were 17) in order to be caught in bed with him so her sadistic husband would divorce her. After such a notorious scandal, can these two find happiness with each other or will Julia help him find a suitable bride with a scandal-free pedigree? Good story with flashbacks leading up to that fateful afternoon - what really happened that day? As good as the story was, I felt at arm's length for most of it in regard to the emotions of the hero and heroine - until the very ending. Some brief cameos from characters from her Girl Bachelor Series too.3.5/5
