A review by fdarlene491
The Marquess Next Door by Virginia Heath

4.0

I love these characters, Luke & Hope are unusual people for a historical romance. They speak their minds & push the envelope of societies rules almost to the breaking point. One wrong move and they both would have gone down in flames. Hope is a lovely character, she's educated and from a fairly liberal and eccentric family While she has her doubts she also doesn't give up. Luke is between a rock and a hard place. He didn't want the title, didn't train to run an estate & his relationship with his father and half-brother was toxic. He's working so hard to learn & keep up that he'd like to go home. Please? There's a sister-in-law from hell thrown in just to aggravate Luke & the reader. A couple of balconies, 2 people sneaking time together, talking all night long. This is such a lovely story and I had fun with the characters.