This 1986 romance is full of things that were probably fine in 1986, but didn't age too well:

*The heroine who's super spunky (she shoots guns!), "not like other women," and doesn't talk in contractions;
*The emotionally-distant hero (he's a duke) who would have happily made the heroine his mistress if only she were "like other women" and wanted his money;
*The Black "friend" who doesn't do any friend-like stuff, but instead helps the terrible cook out in the kitchen because "he likes cooking";
*The ridiculous "mystery" that we all saw coming;
*Perhaps worst of all, the jealousy and victim blaming on the part of our hero.

In other words, you probably want to avoid this one. On the other hand, we did give it two stars because it made us laugh out loud several times - just probably not when we were supposed to.

21-Word Summaries:

Laine: Not like the other girls™, but a book. Conversations and plot have no flow, but there are a lot of guns?

Meg: Farmgirl/earl’s daughter from “the Colonies” & the youngest, hottest duke meet cute when she saves his bestie Beau Brummel from highwaymen.

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