I just reread this first book in one of my favorite series by one of my favorite authors and it totally stands up to the test of time and second reading. Hoyt writes beautifully and really knows her history -- lavishing attention on every detail. It makes for a rich experience, though the stories aren't all glamorous. Here she introduces a family who run a Foundling House in a London slum and it's a fresh change from all the carriages and ballrooms of most historicals (this *isn't* a Regency either). Of course, there IS an aristocratic hero, but like Hoyt's other novels, she pulls off the cross-class romance beautifully. A wonderful book!