This one had a slow start for me but I love Anne Gracie's books so I stuck it out and I'm really glad I did! I loved how the relationship built for Alice and James. Alice was convinced she would never marry again and James did everything he could to gain her trust and help her to realize he is a very different man from her first husband.

While I appreciated how Gerald and Lucy fit into the story, their relationship really felt secondary and slightly out of sync as one minute they were butting heads and the next they were betrothed. It was a clear storyline but felt very different and honestly took me away from Alice and James who I really was more interested in.

In the end, I thought this was a solid kickoff to a new series. I will definitely pick up the next book in the series when it's available.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy in exchange for an honest review.