The Smythe-Smith annual musicales are notorious for butchering the works of Mozart. Julia Quinn wrote about them in her Bridgerton novels, and now the Smythe-Smith ladies get their own stories. Honoria is featured in this one. She's a dutiful daughter who continues to play her violin in the musicales even though she knows how bad they sound. She does it because she loves her family and this yearly tradition.
Marcus Holroyd has been friends with Honoria's brother since they met at Eton as boys. Having only a cold and distant father for family, the Smythe-Smiths take Marcus into theirs and show him what it is to belong. Now that Honoria and Marcus are adults, will an unexpected medical crisis threaten their budding romance? That may make the novel sound like a downer, but it's full of snappy dialog and unusual characters. In my opinion, I found the medical crisis to be the most interesting part. 374 pages.

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