Trigger warning: big misunderstanding, secret brats, and how these things drive the hero and heroine into predictable, boring acts of joylessness.

If only the author had created some actual hurdle for the hero to overcome, this one may actually be interesting.

I feel like running away myself, now that I think of it.

The hero wants to toss the heroine and his late brother’s brats out of their home so that he can have drunken orgies. How heartwarming!

Why take a story rife with possibilities and turn it into a tale of stubborn one-dimensional creatures scowling at one another?

If you like “heroine in a big house and an aloof brooding hero” historical romances, this one may be your liking. But you will have read this one before.