It wasn't well researched, but the story was a good. The character were likable, except for the antagonists. This one falls in that weird place between sweet and steamy. There's too much talk and thought of body parts and the act of sex for it to be considered a "clean and wholesome" read, but the deed itself happens off the page after the couple marry. This is my voluntary review of a copy I received from Booksprout.

This was such a great novella! In the tradition of sweet Regency romance, Knight introduces a strong and opinionated heroine, a gentle but determined hero, and a relationship that is all the stronger for the struggle to attain the happy ending. Without obvious and blatant sexuality, and without forcing a situational resolution, the reader can believe in the interconnection of two less-than-perfect souls thwarted by circumstance. As a spin-off novella to a book as yet unpublished, Candle's Christmas Chair gives me a strong impetus to put this author, and all her future novels, on my permanent TBR list.

I can't even finish this book, it's so dull and slow paced. So much inane dialogue. Any affection between the characters is washed away by repeated information and long winded narrative about random subjects. The love story is almost like a side thing with history and the meanings of flowers taking forefront. Total snooze fest.