After her brother's death, Rebecca Hunter is taken under the guardianship of the man who was implicated in his supposedly accidental death. She accepts the circumstances only in an effort to learn the truth: whether her brother's demise was truly was an accident--or murder.I do enjoy Gothic stories, and this one has all the right pieces--mysterious mansion, deadly bridge, suspect deaths, a heroine who is determined to get to the bottom of things--but I will admit this one wasn't my favorite.
Our hero is all things dashing and chivalrous. It's hard to believe he can maintain such a notorious reputation when he's actually very kind and good-humored--not dark and broody at all. He was impossible not to like. Rebecca, though, is impulsive, unconventional, and has a high opinion of herself. She is convinced of her own cleverness, but I felt she spent the entire book proving the opposite--her decisions come off as reckless and not thought-out at all.
The author did do a good job with the Gothic Regency setting, and the language feels authentic to the time period.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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