title: Pride Comes Before a Fall
author: Virginia Heath
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
publication date: January 27, 2026
pages: 336
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings: police violence
summary: When Portia Kendall takes a job in Bath as the assistant editor writing for her beloved pro-reform newspaper, she is suprised to learn that the position is unpaid. To make ends meet, she finds employment as a chaperone to the two younger sisters of a duke, who is both exactly in the kind of privileged position she hopes to change and annoyingly handsome and kind.
tropes:
- rich and poor
- boss and employee
- the only one who's honest with him
- keeping secrets
what I liked:
- fun dialogue between the two MCs
- not living up to stereotypes
- speaking truth to power
what I didn’t like:
- n/a -- a fun read
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)
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