Publisher: Berkley Publishing January 11, 2022
Format: ebook
Pages: 336
Rating: 4/5 stars
Synopsis (from Goodreads):
Victorian high society’s most daring equestrienne finds love and an unexpected ally in her fight for independence in the strong arms of London’s most sought after and devastatingly handsome half-Indian tailor.
Evelyn Maltravers understands exactly how little she’s worth on the marriage mart. As an incurable bluestocking from a family tumbling swiftly toward ruin, she knows she’ll never make a match in a ballroom. Her only hope is to distinguish herself by making the biggest splash in the one sphere she excels: on horseback. In haute couture. But to truly capture London’s attention she’ll need a habit-maker who’s not afraid to take risks with his designs—and with his heart.
Half-Indian tailor Ahmad Malik has always had a talent for making women beautiful, inching his way toward recognition by designing riding habits for Rotten Row’s infamous Pretty Horsebreakers—but no one compares to Evelyn. Her unbridled spirit enchants him, awakening a depth of feeling he never thought possible.
But pushing boundaries comes at a cost and not everyone is pleased to welcome Evelyn and Ahmad into fashionable society. With obstacles spanning between them, the indomitable pair must decide which hurdles they can jump and what matters most: making their mark or following their hearts?
My Review:
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Read if you like: unlikely romance, strong female characters.
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Evelyn comes to London to participate in the season in the hopes of gaining a husband, but she believes that she won’t have a lot of luck in the marriage mart. So she hires Ahmad to make her a beautiful riding habit to wow society on horseback. Evie and Ahmad strike an unlikely friendship and they both start of question what it is they want in life.
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I loved our main characters. Evie was strong and kind, willing to try to make a good match for her younger siblings. Ahmad is half Indian and has to work extremely hard to be taken seriously as a tailor, but he is determined to have a successful business.
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I loved the romance and tension in this book and I wanted to keep reading to see what would happen.
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CW: racism, sexism, classism, death of a parent, violence.
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