By Esther Hatch
Published by Covenant Communications
Description:
Lady Patience Kendrick was born to a life of privilege, and with the London Season looming, she finds herself facing unprecedented pressure to adhere to the rules of society. Unfortunately, the free-spirited young woman is anything but proper. Patience's elder brother, a former military man, bemoans his sister's antics - but when he accuses her of incurable frivolity, it is simply more than she can bear. Determined to prove her brother wrong, Patience undertakes a drastic experiment: she will disguise herself as a maid and demonstrate her ability to work as hard as anyone.
Taken on as household staff by her brother's former general, Patience soon learns that willingness and ability are two very different things. While her plan sounded promising in theory, the reality is that she is out of her depth - and the irresistibly charming son of the house isn't helping matters. Patience soon finds herself embroiled in a charade far more complicated that she imagined. With both her pride and her heart at stake, she is determined to prove her brother wrong - even as her plans spiral delightfully out of control.
Review:
I smiled so much while I was reading this book! A lady posing as a maid in a man's house is not my favorite storyline, and yet, I enjoyed it in this book. With Patience's desire to prove herself, as well as a tendency to act or speak first and then think later, running away to become a maid actually fit with her personality. Patience was terrible at being a maid, but her enthusiasm and sincerity at trying to do her best were endearing. I loved the fact that she couldn't keep herself from blurting out things that no true maid ever would. She was just a really fun character. Anthony was absolutely perfect and stole my heart right along with Patience's. I mean, how can you not love a man who completely writes out lists and plans, trying so hard to make things work out, and yet will stop to help an inept maid do her job? He was so kind and yet so unaware of his own worth, and I just adored him. (If I hadn't already loved him early on, his sixteen-page letter would have done it!) There are lots of lovable secondary characters, too. I love a book with great dialogue (good banter wins me over pretty quickly!) and there were so many awesome lines!
I just thoroughly enjoyed this book and am picking it as one of my favorite books of the year!
5 stars.
I read an ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
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