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Anne Wynter might not be who she says she is... But she's managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge—in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play that might be a tragedy (or might be a comedy—no one is sure), and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. After years of dodging unwanted advances, he's the first man who has truly tempted her, and it's getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman. Daniel Smythe-Smith Might be in mortal danger... But that's not going to stop the young earl from falling in love. And when he spies a mysterious woman at his family's annual musicale, he vows to pursue her, even if that means spending his days with a ten-year-old who thinks she's a unicorn. But Daniel has an enemy, one who has vowed to see him dead. And when Anne is thrown into peril, he will stop at nothing to ensure their happy ending...
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One of a very small handful of Julia Quinn's books which I didn't enjoy and didn't finish. In general, I absolutely adore Quinn as an author but this one was so boring that I just couldn't finish it. It had funny moments because Quinn is a fantastic and always funny writer but even halfway through the book I didn't care about either Daniel or Anne and I cared even less about what happened to them. Daniel spent the entire time prattling on about how in love he was with Anne and it's not that I have a problem with love at first sight or sensitive heroes...but I just wish there had been more to it, and him. And Anne was nice enough but compared to Quinn's other heroines, she just didn't have enough personality to keep me interested. I'm giving up on this one but I'm crossing my fingers that the next one is closer to the great stories and characters that Quinn has written in the past.