Sophia literally stumbles across her new employer one evening while on a late walk in the garden, but has no idea of his identity. But by the time the enigmatic earl and his new housemaid begin to interact, I was already so intrigued by them and drawn in by the mystery surrounding Sophia that I was prepared to accept the premise and keep reading. Historical Romances in which the lord of the manor becomes involved with a servant (even when the servant in question is actually an aristocrat in disguise) always require a certain stretching of one’s credulity, as in reality, the paths of those at the top of the social strata and those at the very bottom would hardly have crossed. He is immediately aware that his newest member of staff is no housemaid and is both intrigued by and attracted to her, determined to find out what could possibly have happened to a young woman of good breeding to have made her enter domestic service. Lady Anne-Sophronia Dunscombe is on the run from her violent and abusive father (there do seem to be rather a lot of those in historical romances these days!) and has disguised herself as a housemaid in the home of the eccentric and rumored-insane Wilhelm Montegue, Earl of Devon. Song for Sophia is a thoroughly entertaining and generally well-written romance which features a pair of engaging and unusual protagonists and a well- crafted “heroine-in-peril” plot.

Song For Sophia by Moriah Densley