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Set in historical France, Affaire de Coeur is the love story of wallflower Madeleine and the Comte Lucien. Madeleine, being of a lower class, has had the benefactor of her friend Collette who lets her stay in her household while Madeleine's father is away. It is at a party they are both at where she meets the Comte. Immediately drawn towards one another, how can they make a relationship work with all eyes of the society on them? How can they trust each other with scandalous gossip being as common as grass?

I loved the setting in this book. The author got the details of their surroundings in very well, and I loved the subtle details of it, though I think the accounts of the outfits were overly excessive.

Some parts of this book were predictable. The relationship in it went exactly as I thought it would. I thought the Comte's character was a bit flat, and I would have liked to have seen more life in him. I never understood why either of the them loved the other so much just because both didn't like the extravagance of the wealthy. Even so, I still found myself rooting for them. I thought the secondary character of Rose was lovely and hilarious as she helped them out throughout the novel.

The character I enjoyed most in this story was Collette. She is a walking scandal and flirt, but she doesn't do half the actions she does out of pettiness. I think she was mostly just hurt. Her and Madeleine are both insecure and though I understand the time period, it would have been nice for one of them to be strong and smart in their actions.

If you enjoy historical romances, I would recommend this to you. It wasn't my favorite, but it was worth the read. The writing was charming, and I think that is what made me like it given the plot and some of the main characters.