A Lady To Treasure Author Marianne Ratcliffe
Book Review 4 out of 5 stars! "As a child, she'd been nurtured not by love, but by numbers." Louisa's viewpoint of the world has been one of practicality and reason. Growing up with an abacus as a "child's toy" really helped to cement her outlook, not to mention the way her father approached things as well. Only trouble strikes her father's business and Louisa has to secure a rich husband and fast! But when our no-nonsense girl goes to England, she runs into a very independent and headstrong woman that chips away at her ideals. Maybe she was a little narrowminded and there's more to life than just numbers and profits? But this is the nineteenth century and being gay is highly frowned upon or worse! That's not how this attraction would be classified, right? "I trust that you will not let foolish notions of romance interfere with making a profitable transaction?" Louisa believes she has everything figured out and if she sticks to he...