I read this book for the Vaginal Fantasy bookclub. It wasn't particularly offensive in any way besides its overall weaksauce blandness. Ms. Raybourn is a good writer, but none of the elements which might cause someone to pick up the book were particularly well-realized. As a historical novel it's nothing special, the "mystery" was very simplistic and easily solved early in the book, and the romance was paper-dry and chaste.