Excellent book with an unusual plot for a Regency Romance. The ending might not be the classic plot resolution for a romance! Of course it lays modern sensibilities onto 19th century people -- but don't they all? Isn't that the attraction of Regency Romance? A wonderful author -- all her books are terrific.
The problems of the hero and heroine principally stem from being bossed around by their mothers, and I liked that part of the exploration -- but I'm not a card player, and there was an awful lot of card playing in this novel which was hard for me to follow and which I didn't find particularly interesting. I do like this author's prose style and the depth she generally gives her books, but this one was a dud for me on account of all those card games.
