The Girl with the Sweetest Secret

After two weeks of forcing myself to keep reading this one, I'm throwing in the towel at 77%. Look, many people may love The Girl with the Sweetest Secret by new-to-me author,Betina Krahn, but I had a really hard time with it. I seem to be in the minority, but gah, how this book dragged on. The book......more

Three and a half stars American born Frances Bumgarten, is in England with her mother, uncle and two younger sisters. In her nightgown Frankie sneaks down to the kitchen in the middle of the night to get some warm milk. There she is shocked to find and intruder and takes aim at him with a bread paddl......more

There’s an absolutely amazing scene late in this book where the heroine Frances ‘Frankie’ confronts her social-climbing mother. Accusing her of not listening when Frankie told her about the cruel and violent proclivities of the duke her mother was trying to marry her off to, Frankie fearlessly point......more

A nearly perfect Victorian romance. 4.5 stars. Story contained 3 romances : 1) H +h , 2) Claire + man, 3) Uncle Red + lady Reynard "Rey" acted as an information broker & heir to his hyper-critical viscount uncle. Beautiful/ smart Frances "Frankie" temporarily moved with her mother, uncle and 3 siste......more

The Girl with Sweetest Secret is an American brought over to London by her family to use their money to capture a title. American Frances “Frankie” Bumgarten is surprised by a stranger in her family’s kitchen late at night. After almost braining the stranger with an old bread paddle, Frankie is emba......more