Thank you to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC. My opinions are my own.
Rua remembers nothing from before she woke up in a muddy hole in upstate New York. Her maid and everyone around her claims that she’s Emma Harrington, missing for two days, but Rua while Rua may look just like her, she is certain there is nothing of Emma in her. Emma’s wealthy parents are determined to try bury the scandal of Emma’s behaviour, which isn’t made easier when Rua in Emma’s body behaves in ways a debutante from the 1870s most certainly shouldn’t.
Finn Somethingorother (cannot be bothered to go back to the book to find his actual surname), Lord of Donore, is in New York trying to secure lucrative business deals so he can secure his position in society, and use his wealth and privilege to support a hospital and an orphanage. One of the wealthy magnates would like him to marry his daughter, but at every social gathering, Finn can’t take his eyes off the scandalous Emma Harrington, who insists he should call her Rua. He also can’t understand why he seems like he knows her from somewhere.
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