Charming Garden Folly Decor - Elegant English Country House Party Ornament for Outdoor Weddings, Tea Parties & Landscape Design

I enjoyed this regency romance so very much. The characters were fun and very well filled out. The descriptions of the country house, the gardens, the floral lay out, the different plants and flowers, painting and sketching were so good I could picture them in my mind. I love flowers and gardening so this was right up my alley. I enjoyed how are heroine (Catherine) felt enough at ease to relate her personal history to the lowly "gardener". They are obviously well educated. Susannah, Catherine's sister is very near sighted. I'm not sure how she's such a good seamstress with this affliction or if her eyesight is hampered because of sewing. I love the man she's attracted to. The description of how they exhibit their excitement about going to the house party is so precious - laughter, bruises and all. It's sad how the actions of parents turn these girls lives upside down but they are so fortunate to have their aunt take them in and love them as her own. The hero (Stephen) was self centered and lacking empathy. In my eyes that's realistic. He'd never dealt with poverty, he was raised in line with his station as Duke, he isn't good in social settings which he's acknowledged and he has no interest in getting married. It takes his mother to help him open his eyes. The plot keeps you going until the very end. Will they get caught with the goods from others houses or will they not? Pins and needles I tell you. It was predictable but you are still dying to know how it's going to come about. Not everyone gets a happy ending - yet. We keep hoping they all do and perhaps in the next novel they do. I'm fascinated to know if there's more about MacDougal and where exactly does he come from or fit in?