Heartbreaking, poetic, and desperately hopeful -- Lessons in French just might be Laura Kinsale's best yet.

Charming, desperate, and the so very French Trevelyn and wry Callie whose heart is for her animals -- they yanked me into their world from the very first page and didn't let go until the very end. I did think that Callie's disbelief in her own worth got a bit tiresome after a while, but I suppose no heroine can be perfect. The fun that those two get up to whilst still being deathly earnest was wonderful to behold.