It is books like this that remind me why I love Regencies so much. A frothy, sprightly story involving smugglers, a dastardly figure out of the heroine’s past, racing, country house life and more kept me reading late into the night. It is a story where nothing is quite what it seems, the Earl not being the only "dissembler" as Marianne and several of the other characters have secrets of their own.. I like the way this story immerses the reader in the period, sketching in the necessary details with a broad brush and keeping the plot bubbling merrily along. I’ll be reading another. If you like Regencies, this is just the book for you.