Characters:
Fredericka is a strong-willed, modest, unmarried woman who is looking for a husband in order to maintain guardianship of her nephew and nieces. I absolutely loved both her and the kids. Fredericka knew what she wanted and who she was.

Wyatt is a duke with a wild reputation who with plans to put marriage off for as long as possible. These plans are dashed by his late Grandmother's who's will requires him to marry in seven days. Wyatt had the mark of my least favorite MMC's which is what I like to call a 'love-phobia'. Character's like this either have incredible arcs or give me the ick. Wyatt fell into the ick category for me a lot because was so bad at thinking about what he said before he said them but also angry she couldn't read his mind. He was judgmental, argumentative, and stubborn with no charm nor enough groveling to fix it. (And no, the sad childhood incident was not enough.)

Plot:
I love marriage of convenience stories especially when both parties are on the same page and both get something they need out of it. I also love stories with children in it, especially since these children were adorable and well written. The pacing was great and didn't linger from plot point to plot point. I wished the real romance came sooner, 50% through the book they still had no real emotional connection to each other just physical. There disagreements on how to raise the children frustrated me to no end. Wyatt would be more valid if Fredericka was more extremely strict but she wasn't at all. He also was gone most of the time and when he was there he criticized her methods and somehow thought he knew what's best. Even at the most critical parts of the story he's gone. Their issues after that are magically solved in one argument.

Secret Sauce:
I thought their banter was good at first but the longer they kept have disagreements on almost everything the more it made me think they were just simply incompatible. But alas they are supposedly in love.

Rating: I give this book a 2/5