1.0 out of 5 stars Really wooden
The dialogue creaks and churns, the ‘spark’ between the couple flickers and dies, and the two people are really not very likeable. James is wooden, a duke who does what all day? They are supposed to be betrothed for two months, yet the supposed sizzle is contained for that long? And they hardly know each other, we never get to see his family?
The whole blackmail thing is predictable and trite.
James’ cruelty is inexusable, as is his lack of explanaion to his wife.
The whole latter half of the book is a tragedy of errors and
I can’t honestly say I know enough about these characters at the end to be interested in them enough to figure out why they fell in love. Or care.
Her second book is a lot better, sexy and witty. This one was passable, a tried and tested formula that in this case has the emotional intensity of a log.
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