First Comes Marriage

Mary Balogh set off the Huxtable Quintet with this book, which may be to her regret but not to her readers' as the following books are incapable of holding a candle to this one. I will not claim that this book is the modern Jane Austen because it has flaws though I will state that it is one of the better-written modern regency romances with tropes loved by fans of the genre.
To sum it up spoiler-free, this book is a decently-written romance that is more heartwarming than sexual between two intriguing characters who were at the least semi-successful attempts at complex characters. I re-read it far too often, for the heartwarming aspect is quite drawing and the characters tend to make more sensible decisions than those in the later books.