This is the third book in Ms. Balogh's Huxtable series and it is the best IMO. When you compare the Huxtable series with the Bedwyn series, there is no comparison. 
 I felt everything was rushed, the supposed courtship, the marriage proposal, the marriage and the marriage bed. There was hardly any chemistry, romance, and very little tension which is of no real surprise especially if you've read the first two.