![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pandora’s oddities are a bit overwritten, and in many scenes she appears naïve to the point of being unbelievable. Pandora keeps her head and demands alterations in the wedding ceremony and various legal protections before she agrees. Slowly, Gabriel’s horror over being leg-shackled to this unconventional girl turns into physical temptation and then a burning desire to make her his wife. She’s a budding businesswoman and has no intention of ceding control of her life and all her future earnings to a husband. They’re discovered by the host of the ball, and Gabriel is forced to propose. So no one is surprised when she ventures out to a summerhouse during a ball to look for a friend’s lost earring and gets stuck while reaching under a piece of furniture. She can’t dance, she despises small talk, and she has no interest in finding a husband. Lady Pandora Ravenel is a social disaster. When two strangers are found alone in a summerhouse during a ball in Victorian London, they’re forced into an engagement neither of them wants-at first. ![]()
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