Can a Self-Proclaimed Spinster and A Emotionally Wounded Earl Find Happiness?

Just an enjoyable book that on the surface is another mindless romantic story of an independent woman before her time and a emotionally wounded man finding each other, overcoming their individual reluctance to commit themselves and managing to work their way to happiness. And yet, I could not help but be moved by the heartlessness of Sebastian's father and the strain of cruelty that ran through his family on his father's side. ( His mother , who died when he was young, obviously was a more warm-hearted and loving parent!) The struggle that Sebastian lived in order to prevent himself from continuing the cruelty was so enormous. That he succeeded and that he found, in Lizabeth, a woman as strong as he was every bit as satisfying as the light-hearted love story that is the main plot. I'm a convert and this series is one I shall persue. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.