I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic for much Regency romance to come my way, so I was delighted to receive this book. It’s all in here - dashing rakes, elopements, racehorses, bonnets and breeches. Plenty of humor, a dash of tragedy, lashings of romance and a fine feel for the period. Yet it is not all bedroom scenes and flirting, as this book is as much about the relationship between the sisters as about their men, and the author herself says that it is as influenced by Louisa M Alcott as it is Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. This author is adept at creating characters who fit the bill as typical Regency heroes and heroines in some ways, but making them deeper and more complex so they rise above being mere stereotypes. It is the sort of book that is likely to get read by more than just romance aficionados, so it might well raise the status of the Regency romance and interest a wider public in this type of most enjoyable novel. I hope so, just as I also hope that book two in the set won’t be too long in coming. Highly enjoyable.