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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Jul 2007
Genre: Fiction - Romance - Historical
Retail Price: $8.99
Pages: 384
At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her'until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever.
But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day'while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier'and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers...
Julia Quinn does it again and will make you fall in love with her characters. I enjoy reading all of her books, but I do especially like the ones with a cheeky, sarcastic heroine. If you're a romantic at heart with a dry sense of humor you'll especially like this book.
Witty and not a lot of drawn out story lines.
I thought it was a pretty good book. For anyone that has eer yearned for a friend's older brother when you were young than this is the one for you.