Nearly a Lady

Nearly a Lady (2011) Alissa Johnson (Haverston Family #1)

Set in England during the Napoleonic wars

She pushed forward again, into the noise and smell and great wall of people. She’d never seen so many people. She felt as if she were on the verge of being trampled.

Panic began to slither along her skin and creep into her lungs.

Out, she needed out. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t see. She tried to keep her eyes on the top of a door to the terrace, but the room kept moving, and there were so many people—too many stepping in front of her, pushing her off course. She wanted to yell at them, but she couldn’t find the air.

Out! Let me out!

The room and its occupants shimmered, tilted, and spun in a disorienting roll.

But perhaps there were times when an explanation wasn’t to be had, and maybe it was less frightening to blame himself than acknowledge his helplessness, and easier to shoulder the guilt than to accept that no one would be held accountable.

Characters: Lucien Marquess of Engsly, Kincaid, Lord Gideon Haverston, Miss Winnefred Blythe, Lilly Ilestone, Claire, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Bess, Peter, Connor, Mr. Ronald Clarkson, Mr. Holloway, Thomas Brown, Michael Birch, Mr. Gregory O’Malley, Mr. McKeen, Lady Gwen, Rebecca, Lord Gratley

Rating: 9.5/10

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