I love Lisa Kleypas' writing and how she can effortlessly draw readers into a story with charming atmosphere and unique characters, but this book, centering on a romance (?) between a widow, Kathleen, and her deceased husband's cousin, Devon, was a little lacking. Devon is a rake, and sometimes he's a terrible person, but also he does really good and selfless things, and admits when he's wrong. It took me awhile to warm up to him, but eventually I could get behind him as a hero. Kathleen, on the other hand, started off strong and just got so unbearable as their story wore on I was no longer invested in their HEA. I liked that Kathleen was really into riding horses (without her riding skirt!!) and taming the wild Arabian that had basically killed her husband. But that's about it for her good points. Otherwise, she's hypocritical, judgmental, and never admits when she's wrong. 
 The b-plot romance between Helen, Kathleen's sister-in-law, and Rhys Winterbourne, a wealthy but common Welshman and friend of Devon's, was a lot more interesting to me, except for the parts where Kathleen kept interfering. Kathleen is the type of person that thinks she knows what's best for everyone and plows ahead with her plans without consulting anyone else first, then when she messes up she refuses to acknowledge her mistakes. I low key hated her. Still, I can tell that the next book will be a lot more enjoyable plot-wise and will still keep reading about the Ravenels even if this book was kind of meh.