⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Sort of. It was fun seeing Kevin and Rosamund butt heads, but the romance got a bit lost in all the business talk.

About the characters

Rosamund is very serious. She has worked extremely hard to be able to open her shop in Richmond. The inheritance from the late duke has helped to secure her future and enable her to open a second shop in London. She isn’t impulsive, and she considers every choice very carefully first.

Kevin is no light-hearted man himself. He tends to be brusque and honest to a fault. He says what he thinks without much forethought and he barges in whether he is welcome or not. His family finds him abrasive and seems to mostly tolerate his presence. There are a few exceptions, who see him as a good person to have around. He easily gets lost in his thoughts and shuts everything around him out.

The two of them have to find a way to work together, as Rosamund had inherited half of Kevin’s brilliant invention. And she has no plans to relinquish her share of it.

My thoughts

Kevin and Rosamund were so busy trying to keep their relationship all about the inventions, that they didn’t notice the love between them until it was almost too late. I wasn’t invested in them as a couple initially, but they sort of grew on me. They both have very different, but complicated personalities. It was interesting to see how their differences ended up complementing each other.

This is book two in the series Duke’s Heiress. It’s not necessary to read them in order, they work well on their own too. I liked the first book better.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Other books in this series: Heiress for Hire

Genre: Historical Romance