The Reluctant Viscount by Lara Temple
Our heroine asks our hero to help keep his cousin away from hers, so that her brother can end up with her cousin instead. Don’t ask.

Our heroine asks our hero to help keep his cousin away from hers, so that her brother can end up with her cousin instead. Don’t ask.

The romance only happens in the late third of the story. Why? Who knows!

With a title like that, how can the story end up being so dull?

Yay, a genuinely smart heroine and… a cruel POS of a hero. Damn it!

Another one! The parade of imbecile heroines just keeps coming, oh god.

Everything wrong with society will magically vanish once you tell off your mom. What is this, a relationship subreddit?

There’s really such a thing as too much perfection.

It’s remarkable how many imbecile heroines manage to survive wars with their hides intact.

Years of dumb drama erased by a single thrust of, er. communion. Romance, baby!
