And so we have our two very opposite personalities in a business arrangement involving coldly intimate relations. Our guy has been exiled to this lesser property of his baronet father’s so that he can make some use of himself, rather than be a wastrel in town. I started to feel pretty bad for the guy around the 30% mark since it cannot be any fun at all to have an indifferent partner in bed. Going into this book, I expected it to jump straight into high steam, but I surprisingly found a rather cold and industrious woman completely uninterested in the pleasure that her partner could (and is willing to) provide. The blurb on the back tells a story of a desperate widow (Martha) in need of an heir to protect her household from the man who stands to inherit and that she propositions a scoundrel of a man (Theo) to assist her. Overall, I enjoyed this series quite a bit, even if I didn’t know exactly what to expect. This series makes most sense to be read in order, especially when you get to Book 3 and one of the siblings is dealing with the fallout of what happens in Book 2. While I thought this would be a high-steam type of series based on the premise of the first book, I found instead a much deeper emotional slow-burn. I started reading this series on a total whim because the first book was suggested when I was looking at a different book on Fantastic Fiction.
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