This is a lovely and well written historical romance. I'm a fan of Regency romance, grew up reading Georgette Heyer, and I can say this one is a very good one.
I was hooked since the first pages, I really liked the "comedy of errors" with Lyon thinking that Adeline is a maitresse and Adeline wearing something not suitable for a recently widowed lady. It made me laugh and appreciated how it was written and how the characters were introduced.
I think that the characters are the main force in this book: they're mature, quite realistic and there's quite a lot of character development.
Adeline is a strong woman who's trying to move on after an abusive marriage, Lyon is a serious and strong men who wants a love marriage. Both are attracted but it's a kind of mature love.
I appreciated the originality of the boarding school for poor girls and found the entire cast of characters likable and well written.
I look forward to read the next installment in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.