Oh, if only every book I pick up was such a pleasure to read! Lauren Willig's stand alone novel The Other Daughter (#522) is the perfect blend of romance, deception and lurid secrets in 1920s London society.
Fancy finding out that your father, whom you had been told died on a botany expedition when you were only four, is suddenly revealed to be very much alive, and an earl, to boot! Rachel Woodley has suffered a series of losses in a matter of days: her mother, her post as governess to a wealthy French family, and her home. Could it possibly be that she might regain her beloved Papa? Or has Lady Olivia Standish, his other daughter pictured with the Earl in a current issue of The Tatler, replaced Rachel and her mother in his affections? Rachel is determined to find out on her own terms with the help of fashionable gossip columnist Simon Montfort. It's a business arrangement: her exclusive story for his help in mingling with London's Bright Young Things. So why don't things work out that way?
Loved it from beginning to end. Ms. Willig saves an especially good twist for the end of this story. If all romances were written at this level, I would be reading many more of them. It's so rare to find a good story in what passes for romance these days. And best of all, this is a book you can comfortably share with your mother and grandmother, too! Can't wait for her next venture.
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