Ashton Archer is an ASSHOLE. He's a rich, narcissistic son of a bitch whose primary interests include cheating the system and screwing over women. When beautiful, busty Margaret Sheldon comes into his life, Ashton's tricks don't work on her. What's more, she ruins his machinations and leaves him entirely devoid of women's attention. Ashton must redeem himself in order to reassemble his life and find real happiness.

Redemption arcs only work if the character in question has likable qualities; Ashton has none. He's selfish, callous, and rude. He spends the majority of the volume looking for ways to avoid making any real growth. When he does finally begin to realize his wrongs, it's after he's already put out a literal hit on Margaret's life because he can't handle the idea of a woman rejecting him. The subsequent change in his thinking is so swift and dramatic that it's not at all believable. Instead of Ashton becoming a better person at the end, I wish he'd just been hit by a car (or a scooter, I guess). This man did not deserve a happy ending.

I received a digital review copy of this title from the publisher via Edelweiss.