I don't know why I put off reading this for so long, it's a great follow up to The Queer Principles of Kit Webb and I loved seeing a bit more of those characters while following Marian and Rob. I picked this up now because I thought it was a Christmas book for some reason, and it does take place in winter time with some mentions of snow, so I guess that's close enough? I thought Marian was great in the first book but wasn't too sure about Rob, he definitely won me over here. I liked the demonstration of different styles of love, motherhood, happiness, and family. The spicy scenes were refreshingly different, especially compared to the Julia Quinn style of historical romance. (No offense to J Quinn, it's just nice to read something unexpected.)