her father had gambled all his money away so the daughter who is the main character rosalind are left destitute.
so rosalind has to try to get them back an the father that gambled his money away was to this guy had some issues.
good story quick read, i love the cover of the book.

Kitty's father has gambled away his own daughter and the family jewels to Guy the Earl of Rossfarne. Kitty and her younger sister, Rosalind are left destitute. Kitty devises a plan to pose as a serving maid to gain entrance his castle and steal the jewels back.

The man she finds is not who she thought he would be. He's injured from a battle wound. He's kind to her. She nurses him back to health. Both of these people are really lonely and it's beautiful to see them both open up to each other. An encounter with her singing to him made me misty eyed.
I love these two characters. I was very glad when the deception and great misunderstanding ended - although it could have been a wee bit sooner.
A fantastic book - - and a debut book too!!!
I look forward to rest of the series!

Thank you to netgalley for the ARC. Opinions are my own.

This is a story about a brave young woman, Kitty, who has been gambled away by her worthless drunk father, along with the family jewels, intended as dowry for Kitty’s younger sister. Kitty vows to get the jewels back and secretly invades the household as a maid, in order to search the house for the jewels.
Guy is a knight with a tormented soul due to his extensive injuries and the emotional scars from his horrible father.
The story started out a little bit slow. Kitty is under the assumption that Guy is a horrible man, because she heard the tales about his father and him taking the jewels as payment for her father’s gambling dept. So when he asked her to sing for him and said she was beautiful, it felt wrong. She might have felt forced and scared to refuse, and I would didn’t like that. But after that their bond grew because he started to depend on her nursing skills, helping him recover after his injury. Their relationship became more equal and so I saw the potential there for it to evolve in a beautiful bond. I liked the story, it is a nice story about a young woman taking charge of her life and a man being healed by kindness. I would have liked to know what happened to Thomas’ apparent thievery? And the conclusion of the story was a bit sudden, but maybe that’s just me. The book ends with a cliffhanger regarding Guy’s friend Otto, so you can jump right on to the next book.
If you are looking for a ‘beauty and the beast’ kind of story with a twist, this is the book for you.

This story kept me glued to the pages with their drama and had me cheering them on to finding their happiness! I would recommend this book to all my friends and family.

Easy, quick, and cliche in a way I can appreciate. 3.5 stars for this comfort food as I gear up for all disturbing october reads. I’d read the sequel right now!