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* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and am voluntarily leaving a review.* I did not like this book, in my opinion it was a hot mess. There were so many glowing reviews that I thought maybe I was being too harsh, so I waited a full day before leaving a review and that respite did nothing more than solidify my already low opinion. When Lady Viola was 17 and in her first season, she gloried in her popularity and played games with her many suitors. Games that resulted in twin brothers having a duel and killing each other and Viola fleeing to the country. Eight years later, Brock the older brother of these two twits has inherited their father's title and has returned from the wars intent on Restoring the estates, finding a wife, siring an heir and enacting vengeance on the selfish debutante that ruined his life by causing the deaths of his brothers, which in turn caused his fathers death. This could have been a good book - but it was just so unbelievable - Brock and Viola meet 3 times for mere minutes and I am supposed to believe that the formed a deep abiding love? In addition to this the author completely butchered the formal address for most of the characters to worst being Viola's father, he is the Duke of Liperton but is referred to as Lord Liperton and addressed as my lord. There was not a "your grace" to be found in this book despite the fact that two primary characters are dukes and one is duchess. The numerous secondary characters were all annoying (with the exception of Harold - he was the only bright spot in this book). And EVERYONE blames Viola for the death of Brock's family - even though The twins were older than Viola apparently she had the power to make them kill each other? It boggles my mind - i'm not implying that she didn't have some responsibility in the duel, but their actions were their own and how anyone to blame her exclusively is beyond me. Not only is she blamed, but this is eight years later and supposedly her name is still showing up in the scandal sheets? Please! And while I am ranting - exactly how old is Brock? It was written that he was 12 years old when the twins were born and when the twins have the duel- I am guessing their age based on another character who went to school with the twins and is supposedly seven years older than Viola, who was 17 at the time, so that would make them each around 24 which would made Brock 36 at the time of their death. So eight years later he would've been well over 40 while Viola is only 25. And yet there is never any mention of an almost 20 year age difference? Why the heck is Ruby living with Viola? What the heck happens with the villains? With Rodney? As I said this book is a HOT MESS!! Bottom line, this book had no romance, no steam, too many secondary characters, numerous plot holes, unlikable leads and it left way too many unresolved story lines. I would not recommend this book and I don't believe I will read another book by this author.