Swash buckling (almost) Victorian era romance novel. There are a lot of past history family members and altho there are way too many of them, you don't need to know who they all are. Why half are even mentioned is beyond me.
Otherwise, not a bad romance, women are strong and independent, not needy manipulators so that's nice. The men have flaws, which is realistic and it's not like a lot of romance novels- there aren't too many protesting virgins lying from cover to cover so it's definitely readable if you're into romances. Personally I thought it progressed slowly but some people like it like that.
Julia was 'promised' to Richard as a child, they hated each other and re-meet after 10 years or something and love blossoms from there. Englishmen, nobles, earls, carriages, pirate ships, seduction combine in 400 pages until done=romance novel.
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