This book was sad almost the entire way through. Roman, Viscount Darlington needs a wife. He had been betrothed the previous year but had been left at the altar and now there are terrible rumors going around about him. Rose Waring is the daughter of a Baron who has gambled away the family money. Rose is now working as a maid to her friend from school.
The two meet at a house party at Christmas and while the attraction is there how can a Viscount ever consider a maid as a suitable wife. He starts out by offering to make her his mistress which she refuses but that doesn't stop the attraction. Meanwhile, her employer/friend Penelope is trying to match her widowed sister-in-law with Rome.
This romance seems to have no way to work even though the reader is hoping for a Happily Ever After between these two. Just when things seems to be going good, scandal occurs and it looks like everything will fall apart.
Annabelle Anders has done a wonderful job of writing characters that you can't help but love.
I received an advanced copy of this book. ( )