![]() Balogh’s skill in portraying the couple as they court, discover each other’s secrets and, finally, figure out how to overcome those insurmountable obstacles is why this book succeeds so well. And Susanna is a pleasantly mature heroine. But Whitleaf’s true strength and biggest weakness turns out to be kindness. If you think you’ve read this book before, the plot elements are, admittedly, formula stuff. She has a scandalous secret in her past-a stumbling block to any decent marriage but an insurmountable obstacle to forming a relationship with Whitleaf. He’s smitten with Susanna at first sight. Viscount Whitleaf is godlike in appearance, wealthy, and in need of a wife so he can get to the business of breeding an heir. ![]() ![]() ![]() Susanna is beautiful beyond compare but tries to hide her looks and passion behind the veneer of a prim and proper schoolmistress. The third installment in a series dealing with four teachers at a girls’ school in Bath, its heroine is Susanna Osbourne and hero, Peter Edgeworth, otherwise known as Viscount Whitleaf. Written by one of the acknowledged queens of the regency romance genre, this book is a simple delight. ![]()
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