Seventeen-year-old Althea tries desperately to find a wealthy suitor to alleviate her family's financial woes and to secure her young brother's future as heir to their ancient, crumbling castle. Jane Austen fans will love Althea's outspoken attitude in this lighthearted look at nineteenth century British customs and courtship.

This was Jane Austen "light" and I loved every minute of it. Althea has spunk and made reading her story very fun. I was not overly impressed with Mr. Fredericks - I actually despised his character and so the ending was not very believable to me. But still a very fun read. I hear there will be a series of books taking place in Lesser Hoo. I am really looking forward to the next one!