This is the third and most anticipated book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series featuring childhood sweethearts turned enemies, Grace and Ewan. Raised together in a competition for a dukedom, then driven apart by Ewan's father, Grace & Ewan have been circling each other and trying to come to terms with what happened 20 years prior. Ewan, after being the villain of the first two books because he believed Grace to be dead, has changed himself to be a better man, to atone, and to become a man worthy of Grace's love. Grace meanwhile has been the proprietor of an exclusive club/brothel for women, and has become the Queen of Covent Garden, essentially. The two have to work to overcome the past in order to finally be happy.
This was a drop everything and read book for me, and while I loved certain parts of it, the drama was at times, a bit over the top and too much. The hatred and longing between Ewan and Grace was amazing, but the resolution and the way they talked to each other had me rolling my eyes at times. I do wish that Sarah MacLean would get away from the Greek myth retelling that she seems to use a lot in her books because it reminded me a lot of The Day of the Duchess. I liked this, but I was hoping to love it, but of course, I still love Sarah MacLean and can't wait to see what she does next.