Set in Victorian England Lady Amelia Lambourne secretly owns and writes for the magazine The Ladies’ Enquirer, a magazine aimed at educating women. Her Aunt gave her the money to set the magazine up but now she is in need of extra finance.
Amelia’s father wants her to be married and keeps escorting her to dinners and debutante balls, on one such octahedral meets Leo Devenish, a self made man who wants to buy her magazine. He isn’t aware she owns it. She becomes his friend influenced by the premise jeep your friends close and your enemies closer! Soon a gentle romance develops but will this be jeopardised when her secrets are uncovered?

This is a well written book that gives an insight into his restricted life was for women in Victorian England. The book, however, does lack a wow factor and I wouldn’t rush to reread it as it drags slightly in the latter half of the book.

A lovely enemy-to-lover historical romance set in late Victorian England. Amelia is the owner of a magazine targeted at educated women. It requires investment to continue, and it isn't easy to secure as a young woman in Victorian society. Leo Devenish is new money but powerful and commands polite society's allegiance, if not their respect. He jeopardises Amelia's magazine but is also the inspiration for its salvation. Physical attraction draws them scandalously close, but as their emotions catch up with their chemistry, Amelia's scandalous secret threatens their future happiness.

I like the two protagonists. Both fight against society's expectations and see a kindred spirit in the other. Their attraction is tangible, and the emotional journey they experience is believably written. It's an engaging Victorian romance.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher.

When debutante Lady Amelia Lambourne is presented to self-made entrepreneur Leo Devenish at a Society dinner, he has no idea she has a scandalous secret: she runs a magazine for women! The Ladies’ Enquirer. He might be charismatic and handsome, but she knows he’s keen to take over her magazine. So she permits him to court her—but only to keep her enemy as close as possible.
A delightful read of enemies to lovers. I really liked both Leo & Amelia, their verbal banter was witty & there was delicious chemistry. However there were secrets & miscommunication, I did feel that the deception went on too long & was beginning to drag. A well written captivating read which I thoroughly enjoy & look forward to the other rebellious young ladies finding their HEAs
My review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

A good enjoyable enough read but didn't light my fire but was OK. I did find there was a lot of introspection from each character that seemed to make things drag and it takes them a long time to make their minds up about their feelings but a promising start to a new series and an author I do not know a solid 3 stars. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

So women can't own a business ? And they can't take out loans in their own names? Flash forward to the 1960s and 70s and women can't take out mortgages (ie loans) in their own names. It took us a long time to move forward didn't it?
How therefore was a woman, who had no intention of marrying, make enough money to support herself - and her aunt who had loaned her the money to start her magazine? Turns out, she had to include in her serious magazine the one thing she least wanted, gossip. But collecting the gossip proved trickier than expected and left our heroine into hotter water than she expected.
A nice story about business rivalry and how difficult it was (until very recently) in providing serious reading materials for women. (see the TV programme about the magazine editor who had to provide male 'porn' portraits in order to persuade outlets to carry her magazine for serious minded women in the 1960s).

I would like to thank Netgalley, Mills and Boon and Eva Shepherd for the E ARC of this book.
This was an enjoyable read, good characters, and plot line.
We meet Lady Amelia, who has no thought of getting married to the bores that she has met at society balls and dinners. Her father wants her married and keeps introducing her to eligible men but Lady Amelia almost scares them off as she has brains and opinions.
One night her father takes her to a dinner at the home of self-made man Leo Devenish, the two spark debate between them and Lady Amelia discovers that Leo wants to take over the magazine she runs in secret. She makes a point of asking how he would make changes and he tells her. She realises that she needs to keep Leo as a friend if she is to stop him discovering her secret. So, she allows him to start courting her, the more time they spend together, the more they get to know each other and like each other. Could Leo be the man for Lady Amelia?
A fun read that kept me turning the pages and engaged. Will definitely be reading the next in the series.

This was solidly okay, in my opinion. I didn't dislike it, but I did accidentally put it down at around the 40% mark and completely forget I was reading it, so it didn't really capture my imagination. The story itself is rather sweet, but I found Lady Amelia rather disconcertingly stupid for someone who's meant to be this fierce, intelligent businesswoman - she never seemed to make good decisions or understand how people worked, so it was hard to root for her! But, having said that, it's a solid historical romance that will easily please readers looking for something light and cute.

Brilliant. The cruel worlds of society meet and clash. Some lovely writing covering the powerless of women with ability but no power to do anything. A real mix of rich and poor and what happens when it all collides.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, was it necessarily good, couldn’t tell you, but I read the entirety of it in one sitting, and didn’t feel as if it was tedious and dragging on. Would definitely recommend it to fans of a historical period piece romance, it’s a positive 3 star review, rather than me criticising it and docking stars because of a lack of enjoyment. I will say though that if you have any doubts of this sort of genre being the one for you than you should probably avoid reading it, because it does what it says on the tin, and if you don’t like the style then you’re most likely going to hate this book.