Margaret Arden wants more from life than the existence she’s known. She dreams of becoming a successful writer but after she takes a brutal set-down from a publisher she fears that she might have to give up that dream and marry to support her family. Bridger Darrow is back from the war and hopes to build a successful career as a publisher. The future looks grim until he stumbles upon some loose pages of a fantastic novel and realizes that the author is none other than the young woman he told off at a party earlier that week. Bridger must publisher her book and he fights to regain her trust, sparks fly, and they find themselves embroiled in a mystery that they must solve in order to help their friends.

I haven’t read a book by this author but and was so pleased when I found the characters to be interesting, the dialogue fun, and the story easy to read. Despite Margaret and Bridger’s disastrous first meeting the chemistry was undeniable and their passion for books something that most romance readers share. I loved these characters and rooted for their happiness, especially in light of all the chaos surrounding them.

A pretty typical story about a young woman reliant upon her relatives for survival, Margaret knows her only chance at not marrying an old geezer to pave the way for her younger sisters in society is to sell her novel and make enough money to launch them into society. Despite this story of a woman’s plight being told again and again the love for writing and stories was a refreshing take on this historical novel. What really added originality was the fact that a male publisher saw enough in a woman’s story to stand by her and publish the novel. That might have been a bit of a historical stretch for the time but it made for a great way for this couple to have a bit of conflict and fall in love.

If you’re like me and you like to dip into the historical romance genre as a palate cleanser I think this one will hit the right note for you. Not too serious and not too silly, for me this one was just the right fit. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review and it was honest.

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