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Kathy * Bookworm Nation
I've enjoyed Ms. Hathaway's other books and was excited when she wrote another regency. And isn't that cover pretty?!?!?!

Our heroine Charlotte is kind and spunky and was a likable lead. Gabriel has his issues, but was likable in his own way. He spends a good chunk of the story avoiding his feelings for Charlotte, which can be entertaining at times. Charlotte and Gabriel get off to a rocky start, he's broody and standoffish and she is friendly and kind. A kindness he misinterprets as her wanting
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Katie (hiding in the pages)
There are many reasons why a heart turns cold. Gabriel is determined to never marry, but his choice was made long before he met Charlotte, the daughter of his mother's good friend. I love the first encounter between these two--full of assumptions, sass, and pride. The stage is set right away for some entertaining friction between two opposites.

Charlotte is so kind and cheerful in all that she does. She seems to entrance Gabriel and he can't resist forging a friendship with her, against his bette
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Lisa  (Bookworm Lisa)
There is something about the Regency time period that I love. This book is set during that time so it made it a "want to read" when the author contacted me and asked me to read her book.

Charlotte is a young woman with an independent mind. She is full of love and compassion to those around her. She smiles through her afflictions. One of the main affliction is Gabriel, the son of her mother's dear friend. They find themselves spending time together when he and his mother come to visit. Their frost
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Rachel John
Nov 12, 2016 rated it really liked it
Charlotte Rosebury, a friendly and kind eligible lady of means, meets Gabriel Worthington, a grieving man who has closed off his heart to love. After the death of his elder brother and father, he cares for his matchmaking mother and their estate. He wants nothing more. His mother, of course, wants nothing more than for him to fall in love and marry.

This had an interesting premise and I enjoyed the back and forth between the two characters, I just hoped for a little more growth on Gabriel's part.
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Valerie Waters
Mar 20, 2017 rated it liked it
It was cute but frustrating!!! He was so playing her. So messed up.
Jeanette
Mar 21, 2017 marked it as to-read