Gym teacher with secrets meets a sheltered Bingley-level golden retriever. 

2 POV, 3rd person past tense, MCs 23 & 26, light spice with some bad anatomy knowledge, no dates listed so maybe Georgian UK era?

Perfectly charming workhorse historical romance in rural settings. Good for vibes 95% of the time, but definitely a 2000s era piece of work. Both protagonists are interesting but the conflict is very "secrets from childhood" focused and the secret was compelling to want to figure out and then

pretty icky

.

I did spend a lot of the novel worried the MCs were related. They

aren't.