Lady Miranda has spent her whole life learning "Lady Lessons" from her mother, "A lady never shows her discomfort in company","a lady always wears gloves in public." But all those lessons didn't help her find the man of her dreams her first three seasons. Now her stunningly beautiful younger sister is having her first season, and Miranda struggles not to be jealous. To vent her frustrations she writes letters to a man she has never met, a friend of her brother, never intending to send them. When the man, Ryland, Duke Marshington, accidentally receives one, he is intrigued to get the rare unguarded glimpse into a woman's mind. Their ensuing friendship and then courtship is complicated by espionage, death threats, and Miranda's own worries about becoming an old maid.This is the first in the Hawthorn House series (that I managed to read in reverse order.) It may be my favorite. There are several true "laugh out loud" scenes as well moments of suspense. Miranda is charming and Ryland, dreamy. Or it may be that after being shell-shocked by "Where the Crawdads Sing" I was just in the right mood for this king of literary fluff. (2015, 265 p)
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