I honestly have no idea how I feel about this book ... 
 The concept and the introduction of our characters had so much potential. A widow husband who decided to put his grief aside to find another wife so he can start a family and a childhood friend who has been in love with the hero for as long as she remembers. The opportunity to finally find happiness is within both of their hands ... 
 I found their romance ... lacking in a way 
 We Know that Ellie has been in love with Ned for almost all her life but Ned only sees her as a sister, he said so himself .. when did those feelings for brotherly love shift to love? Sure we can see him lusting after her but nothing suggests how he emotionally began to fall in love with her, was it because she provided comfort when his wife died? if so then we haven't seen much of it and if that was the case then they would have been married a long time ago seeing that his wife died 4 years ago (sure I understand that he was in mourning but still!) 
 The characters themselves seemed off to me as well ... 
 While I do see Ellie as being a very realistic female character in that time period. I suspect many women in history had to be content with marrying someone they did not love or even force themselves to tolerate their husbands because of they wanted the security of marriage and children. Children is what Ellie wanted and had decided to move on to she can have them; you can see her make a little effort to do so. 
 I like Ned a little less than I liked Ellie, though he seemed selfless in putting all the weight of the world on his shoulders and worrying about everyone around him. I did find him .... annoying. He seemed a little selfish and he did mention that he was "Superior" to Ellie and that rubbed me the wrong way .. 
 And in the end when they did end up together, I did not feel satisfied 
 what saved his book for me were the following points: 
 - The side Characters 
 The Duke and Duchess of love were the real couple in this book; I absolutely loved their interaction together and the Duchess of Love is defiantly my favorite character in the book. 
 I enjoyed Jack, he was Hilarious; I do hope there is a book in the series for his story 
 Ash and Jess's story, I SO want to read about them! 
 Sir Reggie was such a delight! 
 - The Book was funny; it did make me laugh 
 I am looking forward to the next book since I did enjoy the side characters more than the main ones. 
 3/5