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Title: A fresh turn for a traditional setup
Review: This romantic pairing -- the shy wallflower and the irredeemable rake -- is traditional in historical romance, but Kleypas manages to make it fresh and have her characters stand out from the crowd. Evie's home life is so horrid that one can understand why she'd approach Sebastian with her proposition (and one can even understand, if not condone, why her family might treat her that way). Sebastian has more of a transformation over the course of the novel than does Evie, but it seems a reasonable one, as his restless energy finds an outlet and a focus. With only one book in Kleypas' "Wallflower" series left to go, I'm eager to see what happens next.
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