Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 Someone described this book as a "historical romance Weekend at Bernie's" and that was like putting a plate of cookies under a box held up by a stick and the box was labeled "RHG Trap" and how could I not? 
 This is RIDONKADONK. 
 I really liked this. Amid the ridonkadonk, Sands does a good portrayal of how an abuser can slowly whittle down his partner's self-confidence and isolate her until he can do whatever he wants. I think it's notable that Dicky/George is never portrayed as actually physically abusing Christiana. Instead, he uses the dominance he's given by society. His words and actions punish her for being too outspoken so he can make her do what he wants. Even after he's dead, she still finds herself doing what he would have wanted- embroidery, for example. Because that is what ladies do. It doesn't help that Richard is there looking exactly like her abuser. There isn't a magic fix for her; it takes time. 
 This was just a lot of fun, even if I had to stop in the middle and go to the other Bitches and say, "GUYS THE HERO AND HEROINE JUST FUCKED ON A DEAD GUY." 
 - Redheadedgirl