In typical Jill Shalvis style, we have a tough as nails alpha hero and a slightly ditzy woman in trouble. The action is fast-paced and heart pounding and the resolution sweet and satisfying.

If you're new to Jill Shalvis, I would NOT recommend this as your introduction. While it is filled with sexy, mouth watering responses, I found Noah to be a little too "base." Taking advantage of an exhausted, frightened woman bothers me. The way he imposed himself on her bothered me, in a way none of Jill's other alphas has. In her other novels, the heroines invited the attention. In this one, the heroine did not. She shied away from it.

With that being said, I still enjoyed the story, almost as much as her others. I'm a die-hard fan and will keep reading, but this one is not my favorite.

Overall, I liked this book, although I grew very tired of the heroine reining herself in. I understood her reluctance to give way to her passions, but what about her duty to her husband? I don't want to nitpick or harp, because the second half of the book, the pace picked up when she finally let herself go. There were several accusations between characters that didn't make sense, but the driving forces won out to a satisfying conclusion.

I love this Castles Ever After series!

What would you do if the letters you wrote to someone you made up actually found someone? Maddie desperately wants to avoid a debut into society. Painfully shy, she has done just that, and found her free pass. As time wears on and she needs to produce this imaginary hero, she decides to kill him off, a noble, hero's death. Imagine her surprise when he turns up on her doorstep years later!

For Logan MacKenzie, the letters give him focus. A ne'er do well, he finds a purpose, motivation to make something of himself in the eccentric rambling missives that are misdirected to him. And then she kills him off, as if his life hasn't followed that same pattern from the beginning, people abandoning him, leaving him. But he's not letting her off so easy. He takes his band of misfits determined to give THEM a home, even if he never finds one of his own.

Funny, spirited and touching, I loved this book (but then it's hard to ignore a determined Scot in a kilt). Highly recommended.

So once upon a time there was a cute girl and a boy next door in a small town. The girl wants to grow up and conquer Wall Street. She leaves the boy next door behind and achieves her goal. Then she has rough sex with her boss(defined as he tears off her panties) for six years, then her friends tell her he's no good. So she quits her job and leaves her boss boyfriend, goes back to the small town, and overnight finds what she wants to do, asks her friends to walk away from Their lives so she can achieve her next goal, which they do, lets the boy next door paw her and kiss her some more as if she never left. He proposes a day later, she accepts, and they all live happily ever after. The end. I'll skip over the technicalities of the writing and just say it could use an editor.

Another outstanding book. Zoe reminds me of Tara in The Sweetest Thing, except I never warmed up to Tara. Despite being prickly and tough, We find the softer underbelly of Zoe. I love the way Ms. Shalvis draws her characters, tough, wounded, survivors. The Alpha Man who's tougher than nails, the strong independent heroine.

The chemistry is hot from the start and the vulnerabilities of the characters are cleverly demonstrated.

Reading one of Jill Shalvis's books is like eating potato chips. You can't seem to stop once you start.

This book could have been five stars had the author deigned to share the heroine's horrible secret sooner. While she left us hints and breadcrumbs, Letty came across as disinterestingly morose, when she might have been more sympathetic had the reader been privy to the reasons for her depression.

An entertaining read - A reluctant, reprobate Duke who didn't expect to attain the title, the businesswoman trying to climb out of difficult circumstances, and the bastard child that brings them together.

While the story had its funny moments, I did find that the author cracked herself up more than she did this reader, but it was fun to read. The Duke tended toward immaturity, providing a perfect foil to the governess to his child who was able to teach him how to grow up as well.

A reluctant Duke and a business woman in need of a coup

The Duke's guide is an entertaining read, with an immature, unpolished Duke who never expected to be given the title, and the woman he hires as his new found, illegitimate daughter's governess, the perfect foil to teach him how to grow up without kowtowing to his "duke-ness."

Lighthearted and witty, the author did tend to crack herself up more often than this reader, but it was still a fun read.

This was entertaining reading. A rake with a deep, dark secret that requires he alienate himself from his family and from society and the deb who sees past his facade.

Things I liked about this book: Daisy was a delightful blend of scatterbrained and smart. I liked her "grit." Gabriel is excellent as a tortured hero, doing the right thing while giving the impression of being dissolute and beyond redemption. Daisy is put-upon by her family without any recognition for what she does well, which gives her a sympathetic response, although it might have been overdone just a skosh. Gabriel is loveable despite being ostracized.

Things I didn't like: Gabriel's best friend telling him what's going to happen to him in the first chapter. "You're going to meet Daisy and she's going to steal your heart." A little over the top for me and completely unnecessary. I could buy into the "history," that the other men were trapped, but it doesn't say much to Gabriel's character that his best friend thinks he's so easily swayed, not to mention it sort of ruins the anticipation. Thus only 4 stars.

A young working woman with nothing to lose, a grim aristocrat who just wants to be left alone, but is in desperate need of a rich bride, one snubbed debutante. Put them all together and you have one scandalous kiss. The power of that kiss changes everything.

With the aristocrat determined to do his duty, will they find their happily ever after? Well if they didn't, this wouldn't be much of a story.