424 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2013
"Regency era dancing master Alec Valcourt wants to bring new life to the sleepy little village of Beaworthy in remote Devonshire--and to one young woman's restless heart"--
This book was pretty good. I didn't know what to expect when I read it but I quite liked both Julia and Alec. I even learned a bit more about dancing that I didn't know before. Pick it up and read it.
It all started with a romance reading challenge. I doubt I ever would have checked this book out of the library otherwise. And I liked it, because I am a sucker for a HEA.
Alec is a dancing and fencing master. I guess those go together because they both take grace and rhythm. He moves with his family to the Regency England version of the town from Footloose. Not kidding. Dancing is not allowed, and Alec is blackballed, beaten, and harassed at every turn. Julia, the rebellious, beautiful Julia, is the Ariel in this story. It's about the small-mindedness of small towns, and God, and change. And everybody cuts Footloose at the end, so it made me happy. 3 stars.
