She is very young, 17, and was raised by her father’s mistress whom he had planted in their household as a governess. Caro needs to make an advantageous match to save her mostly undeserving family from financial ruin. In terms of types, romance heroines are victims of circumstance or a wallflower, sometimes both. Starting with a hero who is of less than average height and leads whose private pursuits are unusual, but understandable and give personality insight, it was the character elements I enjoyed most. The tropes and expected genre twists were still present, but Erin Satie balanced historical reality and choices that skewed a bit differently from most. But the more she schemes to entrap him, the more she risks trapping her own heart.ĭespite that description, and having read hundreds of romances, The Secret Heart was a change of pace. Her only chance is a good marriage, and she intends to marry Adam-whether he likes it or not. Not women, and definitely not a disreputable, scheming woman who dances in secret with such passion…Caro Small is desperate to escape her selfish family. His only relief is the sordid savagery of bare-knuckle boxing. It was interesting.įrom Amazon: Adam, Earl of Bexley, lives to work. It was selected for me by my “ romance twin“, Beth Ellen, the fellow reader with whom I most often agree on books. I received The Secret Heart in the Cannonball Book Exchange.
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