In the past I have really loved this author, but to be honest, this book turned out to be so feministic. I am all for fairness between men and women. But to be honest, I couldn't stand the heroine. She was so emotionally abusive and very hypocritical and didn't seem realistic to the time. I honestly couldn't even get past the fifth chapter, it just grew worse and worse for me. Rolling the eyes was often for me while reading this. I probably won't read this author again. Emotional abuse to either character is wrong for me and it just wasn't for me. I highly recommend reading the previous book in the series, it was superb in every way. I just can't support seeing modernistic abusive feminism in historical romance novels.