What a great take on my fav trope: the reformed rake marriage of convenience story! Plus a little runaway bride action? So fun! Dash and Theo were really unique characters. Loved how they were both unlikely intellectuals who had written a book together. And I loved how closely we followed their emotional journey. 

Plus, a friends-with-benefits-also-we’re-married situation between two characters this horny? The steam was steaming! 🔥

Dash wasn’t your standard-issue rake. He wasn’t a seducer, just a hottie who hadn’t bothered to say no to anyone who wanted to be with him. And it created some fun plot drama because, unlike normal rakes who are masters at seducing their wives, Dash didn’t have a clue 😆

The story was hot, funny, and really sweet. With just a little ‘but’—one I’ve been anticipating since I saw who the MCs of book four would be. Because, in book three we saw Dash and Theo meet. I thought their flirtation and Theo’s agreement to tutor him was a natural bridge to the next (hot-for-teacher) book being theirs. But instead, their book was this one, book five. And during the timeline of book four, I think we skipped some of the events I wanted to see of their romance. I wanted the flirtatious tutoring, the way Dash kinda-unconsciously stopped seeing anyone else while he was writing the book with Theo, how he felt when Theo abruptly announced her engagement to someone else, how conflicted Theo felt about said engagement, how seriously Dash considered interrupting her wedding.. you see where I’m going. There were a ton of juicy romance plot events that we were told about after the fact. And I wish we’d seen them firsthand instead.

But the book itself was still a great time! And I can’t wait for the next one in this series.