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booksnbubbly7's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ella_s93's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
taurina's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Married couples in love, secretly pinning for each other but unable to communicate.....what's not to love 😍
esjaysee's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault
kswatton's review against another edition
5.0
A marriage in trouble. A dark past. Social class differences and a French mademoiselle??? Amazing!
sharonwb's review against another edition
2.0
This is my first Grace Callaway book. I didn't like how the hero has relations with a harlot TWICE in the book, even though the harlot turns out to be his wife all along. The narrator wasn't my favorite so that may have influenced how I felt about the lack of chemistry/angst. I will try another book as I know sometimes it takes a few books to get the feel of a new to me author.
winterreader40's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. This was a bit darker than I expected, though i'm not certain why I was expecting a fun romp. This was an angsty good time that went 0 to smut in about 4 pages.
myaddiction's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting read. Didn't expect the detailed love scenes though.
katdid's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars? I wasn't so caught up in this, Nicholas left me a bit cold although I liked Helena and I could buy into the reasons around their lack of communication/sharing etc; the "cheating" and the butt play(!) didn't bother me in the slightest. Sometimes though I get a bit exhausted with all the sex scenes -- if they're not doing it they're having detailed fantasies about doing it, and in this book they had sex before we'd seen them spend any time together, and then they didn't spend any time together immediately afterwards, which is kind of a strange way to begin? but it did a good job of setting up characters from the subsequent books!