I'm usually a fan of Marion Chesney books but this one left me a little disappointed. I read her books only for light reading as they are usually mostly fluff. But they're usually good fluff. This one...eh. I'm not crazy about the whole "fall in love at first sight" style when it's also combined with misunderstandings galore between the two. It makes you want to just knock their heads together because of their stupidity. There was some drama in this story as young Constance overhears a conversation in French between two Bonapartists (is that the correct term?). One she recognized but the other she didn't plus she didn't understand French. She did pick up on a few suspicious sounding words and mentioned them to her husband. He of course immediately brought this information to certain government officials. In the meantime, the two culprits discover the identity of the person that overheard their conversation and set out to silence her. Apparently it was supposed to be a mystery until the "revelation" of the second person but I knew all along who it was so it was no surprise. Constance ends up disappearing - is she dead? Everything gets resolved rather too quickly for my taste. I'll give Marion Chesney another chance and hopefully that one won't fall flat too. I'm wondering if my tastes are changing? We'll have to see. ( )