My first Loretta Chase and wow, what a treasure! I read this as part of the FatedMates "Books that Blooded Me" podcast and I'm so glad I did! The insults and banter Lady Jessica and Dain fling back and forth at each are GOLD. Such animosity, such lust, so smoldering. I was a bit dubious at first, because the prologue is very hard to get through. I wanted to go and murder Sebastian's terrible father and then go beat up all the boys at Eton, every single one of them. So, careful reading through, but it is all supremely important in building Dain's character.

Lady Jessica is a damn queen, and I'm ride or die for her for all time. I loved her attitude about marriage, her frankness about being in lust with Dain, her complete and utter unwillingness to let him get away with being a shit or for saying shitty things, especially about women. I really appreciated Lady Jessica's approach to Dain's previous lovers, no slut shaming here!

And wow, when they had that argument about who would tame who, boom went my ovaries. Lady Jess telling Dain he would be eating out of her hand, on his knees, so hot.

I need to find an old copy of this for my shelf!