In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can outride her. Ten years younger than her and engaged to the rich and devoted Charlotte, Bay has everything to lose by falling for a woman who can never be his. But Bay and the Empress are as reckless as each other, and their mutual attraction is a force that cannot be denied. Full of passion and drama, THE FORTUNE HUNTER tells the true story of a nineteenth century Queen of Hearts and a cavalry captain, and the struggle between love and duty.
I have a very strong knowledge of the subject matter, mostly from an academic perspective. The Fortune Hunter had all the right historical elements, and all the potential be a really great novel. However, sadly, it falls very flat. I didn’t quite love it, but I also didn’t completely hate it. It was just “meh” at best. I enjoy historical fiction, but this was more of an over-wrought love story and just not to my taste.
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