Once Upon A Maiden Lane is a novella about one of the orphans at the Home for Unfortunate Infants and Foundling Children, Mary Whitsun. Mary has gone on to be the nurse maid for the children of Lord and Lady Claire. Lady Claire who has known her since she was a baby took her in and gave her a job when she married. Mary is an intelligent girl who knows better than to let a charming smile sway her she is content with her life. But one day at the bookstore a charming man mistakes her for someone else.
Henry Collins, Viscount Blackwell, is shocked to find his fiancee in the bookstore even more peculiar is that it doesn't seem to be his fiancee at all, this feisty young lady just could be the long lost Albright daughter and his proper fiancee. Henry always thought that the deal his father made with his friend to marry off their two eldest was a bad idea, particularly because he has nothing but brotherly feelings for Lady Joanna, but this Mary who just might be Lady Cecilia is exactly what he wants in a wife. But the long lost, thought dead, reappearance of Lady Cecilia not only causes a stir in society but someone doesn't want her back.
Overall, it was a nice and quick read, but compared to some of the other books in the series it feels a little lack luster. It was a nice length, and I loved that characters but by the time I got to the ending I felt, really that's it? I enjoyed the other books I've read in the series, this one while enjoyable fell short.
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