Hyacinthe Dancy first encountered Blase, Lord Norwood, during her London Season, and has since been trying to forget him.  Staying with her cousin Jane in a quiet village seems like the last place to encounter him, but there he is.  He is also the one who is keen to destroy the village to create a more pleasing view from his home; surely he cannot be allowed to get his own way?

Here is another novel about the Dancy family, this time the cousin of the original family and sister to Sir Peter Dancy from Miss Cheney’s Charade (also reviewed on this site).  This time we leave the glamor of the Season far behind, as this is set entirely in a rural village, but it gives a good idea of what life would have been like in such a location in those days.  As well as the romance there is a story about missing jewels and a ruinous house with a mysterious past to entertain the reader, plus plenty of humor.  As I have said in previous reviews this author has the happy gift of immersing the reader in the period, never parading her research but using it as an underpinning to these enjoyable tales.  If you want to read about life in the Regency, look no further.