Is it really impossible?

Synopsis

Lady’s maid…

To wedded Lady?

Lady’s maid Jane Bailey’s life is turned upside down by the arrival of wealthy gentleman Robert Kendal. He’s come to take Jane to visit her long-lost, aristocratic grandfather. Travelling together, they succumb to a mutual attraction. Yet Jane knows a maid should not hope to love a gentleman, even if she’s suddenly wearing silk dresses and dining with the Family. Society decrees they cannot marry, but how long can Jane deny her heart?

My review

Jane is a young lady’s maid, rather satisfied with her current life. But it all changes when suddenly Robert Kendall appears.
He came to her lady’s house, to search for a Jane Bailey and bring her to her unknown grandfather.
During the trip, both of them get to know each other better and they feel attracted to each other.
But can it be love? Jane is still a maid and it is not custom to marry a gentleman, even if Jane now is part of the world of silk dresses and fancy dinners…

Yes, I knew what to expect from this ‘kind’ of book, but sometimes this kind of book is all you need!
Jane is a typical plain Jane, nothing extremely special, not even wealthy and working as a maid together with her mother.
When her world turns upside down, it’s obvious she is a bit lost, not knowing in which she now is part of.
Is it the world of a maid? Or is it the world of the wealthier?

During the whole book you sympathize with Jane, because it all so recognizable.
In the past she had her own demons she feared she’d never get over.
But she is also determined to face her demons and find a way anyway.
She’s also temperament full, not allowing anyone to treat her as a lesser woman, just because she’s a maid.

This story is “typical” being a Harlequin book, but also pointing out the difference in class, which is still up to date.
“Normal” people are most of the time content of their lives, but we all feel like a fish out of the water when we are faced with the people that are better off in wealth.
What also was nice to read, was that there are always people judging us without a right reason. Just because they are full of themselves, they assume we are not worth of their time and we are not worthy of breathing the same air, so to speak.

But there are always exceptions to this rule, as Robert Kendall shows. He’s a kind man, not caring about society and their thoughts, but makes up his own mind, after getting to know the person himself, and not having any prejudice.

So despite being ‘ooh you’ll know how it ends’, I truly enjoyed this book, as it shows that in the end, not so much has changed in society.
But it also shows that people can change if they want to, and that nothing is ever truly lost!