The proposal scene!!?!? I'm not normally a quotes person but:

"If we marry, I intend to fall in love with you"

followed by

"Be loud. Be opinioned. Be as much yourself as you wish, and then some. Once we're wed, you and I will answer to no one but each other."

Got me on the verge of tears during my work lunch. This book has moments like that AND has Tom Finchley appearances?? What more could I ask for!? That being said, I still feel like I have some unanswered questions and some elements of this book didn't get proper closure, but that may have been intentional since in real life we don't always get the answers and closure we want. 

I am so glad I read the Parish Orphans of Devon series before reading this, I would have missed a lot of context and probably struggled to keep all the characters of Teddy's extended found family in order. It does make me want to re-read the rest of this series to see what else I missed, but this book serves as a bit of an epilogue for both series since there are many glimpses at all the happy couples. I did also cry in my car during this book's epilogue. 

What am I going to do now? I've been deeply invested in this network of characters for 8 books, I would happily read 8 more. Whatever historical romance I try to read after this is going to be at a serious disadvantage. Mimi Matthews sets a high standard for characters, prose, romance, and setting. 

Audiobook narrators were great, although I do think they changed up some accents and some pronunciation of names, unless I'm remembering wrong. It's possible that since I switched to reading text vs listening to audio for the Parish Orphans of Devon, I came up with my own idea of how things should sound.