From the start, I knew I was going to love this read for the language alone. Vane utilizes words that encapsulate the era of the story in such a humourous and promising way that I actually had to pull out the dictionary a couple of times. But isn't this part of all the fun in reading historical romance? Learning all those newly discovered phrases while at the same time enjoying that sense of coming home when a historical character or setting is intoduced can be quite thrilling in itself. "Prinny" shows up at his very best , and some of our other Whig favorites dance in and out as accents to the mood of the overall setting. Phoebe is believable as our heroine in flux , and we all love a woman torn between her moral upbringings and the passions that drive her inner and most secret yearnings; if only they can be discovered. Ah, and doesn't every woman yearn to be unlocked by a man of equal moral standings and deeply ingrained longings? You won't be disappointed as Sir Edward finds his way into her heart and her arms, into a an unlikely bed of marriage and love. A wild nights read this novella promises, and delivers without question!