This book languished on my bookshelf for a long time. I picked it up and put it down several times, before a few slow days gave me the reading time to finish. Unfortunately, it just didn't work for me. I don't like the miscommunication trope in romance fiction, and Grace Landon's character seemed to wilfully refuse to communicate with Lord John.

A slightly spicy historical romance with a rushed engagement, characters who must overcome their past and family expectations drive these characters to find contentment.

There's a lot to love about John Merrick and there's a lot to frustrate you about Grace Landon. But the thing that lets me down the most about this novel, and all the ones like it is the fact that all the issues are due to miscommunication or lack of communication all together. The characters are actually really great. But, by making them just assume things they land up frustrating themselves, each other and me.