I have really enjoyed Mary Balogh's Survivor's Club series, and after reading Only Enchanting (my favorite still of the series), I had a feeling that Imogen's story was going to be the darkest (there is a scene in Only Enchanting that gives a hint of what happened to her husband). This was a beautiful love story between two people who viewed the world so differently. Imogen hides from feeling anything, while Percy wants to only feel the happy things in life - he shies from unpleasantness - doesn't want to know it. The unfolding of their love story was marvelous. And I cried. And I laughed - oh how I laughed!!! Cousin Adelaide - hilarious! And all the stray animals! Hector!!! And the cats!!! And the smuggling story added a layer to the story as well. But that's the thing about Mary Balogh's books. There are these wonderful layers to her stories, with human characters and their families that make them believable and truly lovely novels. It is a wonderful story. I highly recommend it.