Miss Tavistock's Mistake

Because I read a lot of women’s fiction and dual-time period stories, it sometimes takes me a bit to sink into a Regency. The language, feel, and culture is so different that I have to allow my brain a warming-up period to become re-accustomed. That wasn’t the case in this story. I sank in quite quickly. The prologue and first chapter set the stage, and the pacing continued throughout. The prologue opens with a poignant scene where young Feenie (Feodora Margaret Tavistock) must face the death of her parents. I felt her fear and sadness as she faced the world of uncertainty, with only her doll to comfort her. She was easy to sympathize with, and I rooted for her to overcome her situation. Then the young teen, Gabriel Rampeare enters the picture, and it took mere seconds to adore him! His character shone bright and I loved how caring and kind he was with orphaned Feenie upon their first meeting. Chapter one quickly moves forward ten years, when Gabriel and Feodora, choosing to