I only read this to prepare for the upcoming second season of the show which I fully expect will continue to improve on the source material. This book was marginally better than the first - at least I enjoyed the banter. However this series continues to be rife with misogyny and lack of consent that make it impossible to enjoy fully. I have no interest in preserving the “way things were” in historical romance novels and my priority of an enjoyable story hasn’t been met by either book thus far.