4.35/5 
 Nell Whitby is your typical working class London girl: working in a factory, scrabbling just to get by, etc. Simon, on the other hand, has never known a hard day's work in his life. When the two meet over gunpoint in his bedroom, both their lives get a little more interesting and a lot more complicated. 
 I absolutely enjoyed this book. Yes, it does play on the My Fair Lady side some (though I didn't notice it straight away). And yes, it is chock full of cliches (the missing heiress Cinderella story, etc). However, Duran plays it well (cliches are cliches for a reason after all!). Both Nell and Simon are fleshed out very well; the supporting characters are in good shape too, the only character feeling wooden was the big bad guy, whose motivations and the like were clear, could just use a little shaping. 
 Despite the sometimes unrealistic events on the "political" side of the plot, the romance side was quite believable. Duran employed all those little misunderstandings, wrong phrasings, fears, etc. to give the two a realistic relationship. The writing also was fairly tight, especially in dialogue. 
 All in all, I look forward to reading more from Duran and recommend this to anyone whose in the mood for a good romance, but without the Fabio-esque hero and damsel in distress "heroine."