This is a delightful, straightforward romance between two lovely people who deserve to find their HEA. You won’t find a dastardly duke or an errant earl here, both the hero and the heroine are working-class commoners – and that is a very refreshing thing.

Leonora Compton has reached the ripe old age of four and twenty without marrying. She’s just never found anyone who stirred her feelings enough to make her want that for herself. So, she’s persuaded her father to allow her to take her dowry and open her own shop on Bond Street.

Philip Dalton is the highly successful owner of ‘The Gentlemen’s Emporium’ which has several locations throughout London. Philip was married when he was nineteen and it was a horrible disaster and he has decided he won’t ever marry again because it is just too painful and he could never trust anyone that much again.

When these two find themselves sitting together on the coach to Sheffield, circumstances cause them to become better acquainted. There is a bit of a letch sharing the coach with them and Philip feels the need to protect Leonora from the letch’s advances. Each brings out a longing and attraction in the other. Their journey has begun and who knows what happy place it will end up.

This is a lovely novella and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. It does feel a bit more modern than Regency, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on which period it belongs in. You’ll also catch a modern phrase or two – such as – ‘ticking the boxes’ – but they didn’t bother me overly much.

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