When Linnet's reputation is tarnished because of a rumor, she is sent away to Wales to meet Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, who she is arranged to marry. But Piers, left crippled as a child due to a terrible accident, has an equally terrible temper to alongside his injury and is unwelcome to his new fiance despite her extraordinary beauty. Can Linnet charm Piers into marriage? And can she crack the 'Beast' and discover the kind soul he's hiding deep inside?

This was a wonderful palate cleanser of a read, and as is a given with a great regency romance is full of charming characters, witty dialogue and a romance that will sizzle your baby hairs as there's just so much heat. I loved Piers and Linnet's moments together and how Linnet was so much more than her beautiful face - proving to be intelligent, sharp and full of kindness for the patients treated by Piers in the castle.

There is a lot of great steamy scenes in this book between the two, and honestly there were times I was afraid that the other characters in the room with Piers and Linnet would burst into flames if they were caught in the cross hairs because the chemistry was so intense and so physical at times.

I also appreciated the medical knowledge in this book, and I found it interesting to learn about some of the medical advances of the times and how doctors like Piers had to fight against doctors who still believed in leeches and bleeding to make everything better.

The end of this book honestly had me gripped, and even though I knew it couldn't end in anyway but happy, I still found myself distressed at the potential of Piers and Linnet being separated - even through their own vanity and stupidity.

The book definitely suffers from the trope of two characters insisting they are "so wrong for each other" yet salivating all over each other at any chance they get, which could be frustrating at times but still a wonderful read.