3.5 stars 
 I didn't realize I have read this book last year until I found it on my Kindle library at 99%. I started re-reading it and I immediately remembered the first 1/3 of the story. It still remains the most powerful part of story. I could vividly imagine the scene that happened in the inn on the way to Oxford. I could picture Emma with the resign look on her face. The middle part of the story became more of a typical your everyday regency. The last part made me to be on the fence and I understood why I never reviewed the book. It was how they both realized they loved each other and the actions Lord Ragsdale took to be with Emma that bothered me. It was written in a thoughtful systematic way. It didn't excite me like it should have. What was missing was the emotions one displays when they understand their love is mutual and it is returned in full force. He jumped through all the hoops to be with her at the end, but his actions weren't enough for me. I wanted the words to make me visualize the scene and to become three dimensional like the way I was able to imagine the first 1/3 of the book... but it didn't for me. In this case his actions were so much louder than his words.