Will his restrictive view impede their marriage to flourish…As my first read by the author, I had no real idea of what to expect from this story outside the premises offered by the blurb.And oh my!How I loved this book, I enjoyed every minutes of my reading.Beatrix is such an awesome heroine, no hoyden or termagant but a woman who has to push boundaries of society to be herself, constrained by a the walls of her world, so much she had to hide her true self in order to be able to exist, even if it is in the limbos.She is clever, too smart by men’s expectations of a woman, aware of her own flaws and while seen as a wallflower, she is no demure nor meek creature. She even sets in motion her own rescue, it did not turn the way it should have, yet she takes all the blame and won’t allow anyone to be punished for her mistakes.And when she fell in love with Laurence, she wrongly thought him perfect, why at first she dismisses the little cracks in his armor, but as time passes, those dents widen.Can she reconcile the picture of the man she loved with this image of a man with his own prejudices, biases which go against her as a woman, denying the true essence of herself because she was born female.Laurence for all his progressive talks and his enthusiasm to have found a sympathetic ear, he is mostly attracted to the stranger with green eyes because she is not bored by his talk and listens with raptures to his words, when at the same time he discards her own ideas because she is woman, so what can she know beyond some scientist articles reading.A woman can’t be smarter than an educated man.Like Beatrix, I loved him then the paints on his armor came off as scratch with each of his passing judgement about women’s abilities. So he is in for a big downfall when he is to realize how beyond his realm Beatrix is.I loved how the author slowly built their romance, making him fall for his wife while she awakens her to his flaws. How angst, hurt and betrayal are experienced at a different level by both parties, how Laurence has to acknowledge his misogynistic view of his world and how unconsciously he belittled all the women around him, not by any hurtful deeds, by simply discarding their ideas, never giving them the time of the day.I smiled at Beatrix’ clumsy reactions each time she is in Laurence’s vicinity. Then as she gets to know him, it is him who wobbles from his pedestal as she learns he is only human, no god to cherish from a stand.The author offers us a wondrous tale of awakening, as love grows, secrets and flaws are revealed, and for the sentiment to built stronger roots, they will have to overcome in their own way what stands between them, thus accept the other in its wholeness.5 starsI’m intrigued by Nash, I wonder if he will have one day his own story…𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 onscreen lovemaking scene.