![]() ![]() ![]() As such, she’s never had the need for a husband, nor has she ever really had to play by society’s rules. ![]() Lady George Maitland inherited estates and a sizable fortune from a forward thinking aunt. Me, on the other hand, I’m going to shout from the mountain tops: “Who the heck cares?!?!” ![]() And while the circumstances are addressed in the book, probably for those history sticklers out there, it’s not going to be enough. I know, I know, unlikely, improbable, almost downright impossible for an HEA in circumstances like these. The hero, Harry, is a land steward hired to run her estate. The heroine, Georgina, is wealthy, a landowner in her own right, and a lady. To get those pesky details out of the way: this is a servant/aristocrat story. Lots of tricky little traps, lots of hidden pitfalls, lots and lots of big expectations, and a long, long way to fall. Sophomore books are tricky, especially when the first makes a big impression. The Leopard Prince is her second offering, loosely tied to The Raven Prince, but in no way a sequel. It earned DIK status here at AAR and gained more than one honor on our 11th Annual Reader Poll. Last year Elizabeth Hoyt made a splash with her debut novel The Raven Prince. ![]()
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