While it's been over a year since I read book 1 Just a Little Wickedness), everything I remember enjoying fell flat with this entry. I've got a wider swath of romantic reads under my belt now to compare it to now and this one is just...not good (I suspect as well that if I were to reread book 1, I'd have similar thoughts).

The writing is bland, the instalove dry, the dialogue cringy, and the overall historical setting/kidnapping plot has zero consistency. I've picked up other entries in the series as they pop up for free, but I don't think I'll be revisiting.