The scene where Julianne meets the Baron. Can tell you used to be a romance writer, my boy. :-) I really like the way you handled that -- she may have had a legs-turn-to-jelly moment, but she's still her father's daughter.

I'm reading fairly slowly, but it's certainly not the fault of the book. I'm thoroughly enjoying this. Need to try and get through a few more chapters today so I can pimp it with a clean conscience at the Planet Manlove chat tomorrow. (Yes, I did do a quick flick through to see whether it was heading where I thought it was heading...)

I just can't write fiction at all with music or speech in the background. It's not just that it's a distraction, it's that the rhythm in the background interferes with the rhythm of my prose.