I adored the Upstairs, Downstairs, Downton Abbey-style peek at the unlikely cast of robust characters (here, former convicts) working in the Victorian household of a groundbreakingly independent woman, a financial genius overcoming societal limitations in order to allow other women's freedoms. The minor mystery and some of the romance elements didn't resonate as strongly with me as other aspects, but the novel is highly entertaining and lovely. No one ever really expected hap