What a deep and complicated love story -- very satisfying as of course there's an HEA. I didn't understand the heroine and her refusal to even try to make a go of marriage. That's because the hero is simply perfect -- beautifully handsome, brilliant, kind, etc. Yes, he did a bad thing, but not THAT ...
Not usually a fan of second chance marriage theme, and I nearly gave up after the first few chapters, as the author was a bit too convincing in her portrayal of the hard to reach heroine. But the setting was great, and the eventual deepening of characters and motives hooked me but good.edited to ad...