Thus, a threat by a gossip column to reveal her true identity scares her as much as her publisher (who is also her former flame, leaving her a few years back when he heard her parents discussing her he was not successful enough for her) wanting her to expose herself to promote her brand to help his struggling business. The former flame comes back into her life once he becomes successful enough to perhaps win her back. But, someone else has caught her eye, a well off sort that in various ways could help her situation, including the well being of her ne-er-do-well brother. On the other hand, he is a bit of a drip, not very Christian and not supportive of her independence and more reclusive ways. Her old flame, on the other hand, is more Christian, someone she has passion for and your typical romantic hero.
Prime romance novel material. One major device in the book is delayed gratification. You obviously know how the book will end up, basically, but things are dragged out pretty long. This includes the author obviously having deep feelings for the publisher/former love but not trusting him enough to tell him she is the novelist, assuming someone she deep down knows is her true love can't be trusted with such information. At some point, and remember she is in her mid-twenties by now, she comes off as a ninny. This is standard "stupid plot" tactics found in many movies. Some misunderstanding or whatever is needed to delay the inevitable conclusion, including everyone realizing the right things.
I did like the main characters overall (as usual, a supporting character, her friend, is at times more interesting than the main character) but at some point did get tired of this device. After all, much is spoken about trusting in the Lord and all, and the right path is pretty clear. This includes trusting that writing in a way to promote God's message (and romance novels do seem to promote a certain morality, so that would be a logical route) will ultimately be understood by her family. As to the setting, we get more of a sense of the upper class set than the time exactly, though do learn the names of various types of carriages. I do think the book does a decent job transporting us into a different time and place.
So, I liked the book as light reading, and some of tad heavy-handed dialogue and such worked both as amusing and serious heart-felt drama, but would have liked it more if it cut to the chase a bit more quickly. Like many movies, it doesn't quite have enough material to properly fill up its running time. And, dragging things out diminishes a strong female lead. The moral focus of the book might turn off people who aren't into Christian literature, but it is really just a language used to address what non-religious literature could handle just somewhat differently. Many romances boil down to proper life choices and personal happiness.
Overall, not a bad free Kindle book.