What a shame. It's a relatively good historical romance, but certainly not enough history for me. Probably, for a romance writer, coming out of that kind of writing must be difficult. What I wanted out of this was a good take on the beginnings of Christian Dior's design empire. What we got was a romance between a weirdly nicknamed American who is the opposite of the ugly American and marries a rich Russian count. It wasn't until the Author's Note that the real story seemed to come out. I'll take the suggestions at the back of the book to learn more instead.