Agnes Rutley, Headmistress of Miss Rutley’s Finishing School for Young Women, is quite ill and has called her girls back to her side. She asks each of the women to tell her a story, the story of how they fell in love. It’s Emma’s turn to tell the tale of how she and Andrew, Lord St. John (known as the Baron of Rake Street) found their happily ever after.
This is the story of a sweet romance that almost didn’t happen. It started with lies and secrets on the part of the hero and heroine. Each of them thinks the other is rich enough to solve all their problems. Not so. I liked Emma and Andrew, but thought they were immature and naïve. Miss Rutley and Lord Walcott are wonderful and encourage, cajole, and teach the couple how to clean up the mess and look to the future. Mrs. Shepherd is awesome. She is the cook, but she takes care of and protects Miss Rutley and the girls. The villain in the story, Lord Egerton, an unwanted suitor, is a skunk. This is the second story in the Sisterhood of Secrets. It’s a good read and I look forward to the other stories in the series.