Lucy is an independent woman who wants to be more than just a wife to her childhood friend, Daniel. She attends university and helps out at an orphanage. Attending school is a secret from her family that she covers up by telling them that she is at the orphanage instead.
Will is a good friend of Lucy's brother. The Banning parents are very big on breeding and appearances. At first, Will is presented as a friend of the brother from Princeton, not because he attended, but that is where they met. Will is attracted to Lucy and they get along well.
Lucy has known for some time that she won't be able to marry Daniel. As Will enters the picture, Daniel begins to act erratically and show up at odd times to frighten Lucy. Will begins to see that they come from different worlds and wonders if he should just disappear.
There is also a subplot of Charlotte, a young maid that is hiding a deep secret. Once she brings Lucy into her confidence, the two become close and share their secrets with each other.
I found that when I finished this book, I wondered what exactly had happened. Daniel's situation puzzled me since Lucy seemed to be the only person that even noticed something was wrong, and by that time, he was acting pretty abnormally. Lucy and Will's interactions puzzled me even more. I felt like there were instances where they could have interacted and we could read more of why they were attracted to each other. The end was probably the biggest letdown of all, where the proposal is simply left out.
Overall, I think that the story had too many unrealistic moments and there were a lot of things that I felt could have come across better. It felt like a puzzle that was missing pieces. You still get a picture at the end, but it's just not the same. Unfortunately, this book was just not for me.
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