Harry isn’t really a womanizer so much as he is a man of his times, taking his pleasure as men do with paid companions. He did love his wife very much and was hurt by her plus his divorce has made it difficult for his sisters to make a good match. They are often snubbed in society. So he’s paid dearly for falling in love early on and he’s very reluctant to be party to that emotion again.

I thought all around, it was a really well developed piece.

So, despite all this, is the emotional pay-off worth it in your opinion? Normally I would just go on my way and never pick up this book but I’ve enjoyed some of Ms Guhrke’s books in the past and I like the way she writes.

Emma’s growth throughout the story is handled beautifully, she doesn’t all of a sudden become this amazing independent person, she takes small and steady steps.

But I have this and plan to read it. After my omg-I-can’t-wait-to-read The Marriage Bed I had sworn off her forever. But Tara Marie’s review made me cave.

It was amazing to see Emma changed when she started standing up for herself and realized that life was slipping her by, well my whole attitude about her change (for the better). Before that she was a doormat not only for Marlowe, but for all of her aunt’s friend’s too!!!!!! She was always doing what was proper instead of what she really wanted to or say.