Not credible for the time period

DNF. I shut the Kindle when the hero noticed the heroine's makeup. Hello. This is the 19th century, when respectable women did not openly wear makeup, and certainly no unmarried young lady did it so that anyone would notice. You can argue with me if you want to, but that popped me right out of the story. It was fairly weak anyway, with a heroine planning a makeover because her fiance is roaming Europe and ignoring her. Sounds far too 21st century. And it's hard to believe parents back then would allow an engagement to drag on for two years like that when the whole point was to get the daughter married and out of their house. I think I've been suckered by an attractive book cover and a premise that shows little likelihood of being fulfilled.

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