Oooooooohhh! I hate the suspense!... but I do understand how well it works. Good Job!

He now saw that her reference to the colour of debutantes' gowns was a clear disparagement of both his wife's age and her appearance, without actually mentioning her by name. Even though, Lady Darnley herself was much older. 1) The 'even though' bit is a sentence fragment. 2) It's unclear whether Lady D is 'much older' than the deb or Lady Markham.

One's mistress. 'A Room of One's Own.'

The Rathbone's are quite close acquaintances ... More than one Rathbone, indicated by the plural verb, is Rathbones~~The Rathbones are... George Rathbone's a friend of ours...where the 's is a contraction and not a confused plural.

Another good chapter, with lots of period details. I really like Peter's sister, and dislike his drama queen mother. Your description of Emily was very clear; I got a very good picture of her. I found all the info. about Peter's past husband chasers a bit long, but after that, the pace picked up nicely. He and his mistress are in for a rude awakening, I think!

More please! I can't wait to find out what happens next!

Oooo, I like Sophie's fire! I wonder what Peter will think about her now. This is a deliciously rich story that I am eager to continue reading, just to see if Peter's upright behavior gets a bit of a comeuppance by Sophie. Good job!

Oh, I really loved this chapter. It reads like a Harlequin historical romance. I like the Rutherfords, I am liking Marham more and more, and poor Sophie! She's the pawn in the whole plan! Once again, your details are your strong suit; the matched grey horses, the curricle, the descritption of the ton; good stuff! Only a few minor typos: one is rucurring: "the tabbies ears" should have an ending apostrophe: "the tabbies' ears" because it shows possession. I'm really enjoying this this story!

Wow! What a lot of research you have done! This story has a great amount of details (small and large) about the Regency period that makes the story rich and full of color. Great job! I already like Markham, and dislike Fulham, although I feel more explanation as to why he treats Sophie so bad is needed; but maybe that will come in later reading. The last portion of the chapter needed more fleshing out like the first half; it almost seemed to drop off; but that could be (if you're like me)you might just want to finally get the chapter done sometimes. lol. But all in all, I really like this story, and will continue to read and review.

Oh that's just low! Cruel! Man! If that uncle was real I would be very tempted to arrange an accident for him. Good chapter! Keep up the good work!

oh gosh! you left it at a cliffhanger! update soon! I really like this story! :)

"... I feel I must put you in possession of all the facts." & "I cannot see where that concerns you, Miss Fulham..." ~~mutually exculsive statements. Markham cannot LOGICALLY say these two sentences in the same conversation - without some comment by either the author or Sophie.

'..including our ancestral home, Ashington Park.' ~~ either 'including our ancestral home' OR 'including Ashington Park'. You don't need both ancestral home & Ashington park.

"Now, I understand why you wish to keep the circumstances quiet, my lord." ~~surely Sophie now understands not only the reason for Markham's and his family's discretion, but the reason for their yielding to Sir George in the first place.

What did Sir George want so desperately that he had to use Miss Fulham in order to get it? If it was just the Ashington name, as he had said, then he would have not waited this long to put his plan into motion. ~~How can Sir George acquire 'the Ashington name' without Sophie? The Ashington fortune might be acquired by other means, but not the name. (If Sir George has a long term plan involving *Emily* and his son, he's wasting his ammunition by insisting Markham marry Sophie.))

"True, Sir George had made a song and dance about his brother stealing his patrimony **after he acceded to the title**. Something about the wrong son being marked at birth." Way unlikely. Why did he wait so long? The heir is not hidden or kept secret, so Charles's succeeding their father cannot have surprised George. Did the long lost nurse suddenly reappear TO REVEAL ALL? And how was the '...son marked at birth'? And of course, WHY? ~~for all those questions.

loving your story so far, please update soon

I like! I like! You are doing such a good job with this story! Wow! I can't wait for more!

Love it! Please update soon...

Just read your story and it is wonderfully detailed. Can't wait to read the next one!

wowee i love it! please please update soon!.x