I've read other of the Jaded Gentlemen series and enjoyed them, although as I read this and [b:David: Lord of Honor|17854305|David Lord of Honor (Lonely Lords, #9)|Grace Burrowes|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1380477305s/17854305.jpg|42447649] made an appearance, I remembered being put off by Letty's secrecy and stubbornness. David and Letty put in an appearance in this story, and the reader gets a peek at upcoming "jaded gentlemen," but I'm afraid this is the last in this series that I will read.

Overall, the story was good - don't get me wrong. Especially into the second half of the novel. I appreciated the intrigue and the guessing at secret identities. That was well done, and the reveal was very satisfying. What put me off was the similarity to other characters in her other novels. It's the same unorthodox job for a woman that she's fighting society to do, and the perverse way she says "you have to stop kissing me" after a peck on the head and he proceeds to kiss the rest of her face until he takes an actual kiss. Then she pats his erection! That's not usually the way you say no... which brings me to his seduction of her. The old "I'm not going to dishonor you" while he frees the beast and does everything but.

If this had been the first I'd read in this series, I might have enjoyed it more, but after reading a couple of them, it seemed like the same old thing.