Second chance romance (after 20 years), a marriage of convenience, and a Scottish castle.

What I loved:
- how awkward this marriage of convenience was
- that these characters had some real flaws
- how 0% swoony this hero was (he dug himself quite the hole and it filled me with glee)

But what I didn’t enjoy:
- how this 20 year time jump ripped my heart out and then didn’t put it back together

I don’t know about you, but when a romance has a huge time jump, my expectations for the romance plot itself get super high. Like, the romance plot has to be at least 2x more romantic to make up for that time jump shock.

And this on didn’t manage to, for me. I wish their romantic feelings hadn’t developed in quite the way that they did. It was more ‘in their own head’ than during their interactions? If that makes sense.

Also there was a kid. And the kid kept getting lost. I was over it 😆