Ok in truthfulness I didn't read the whole story. I could barely get into this one. I just didn't enjoy it. This was one of her higher rated books too. 
 Our boy genius hero 
 We meet our hero first, and after the first scene with his father, we meet the evil OW the mistress - and they have sex offpage. It's not descriptive. But boy is this lady ever present - more about that later. 
 Hero has scars and he is obsessively insecure about them. We learn he uses sex to get rid of his anger (so mature), and he is gullible enough that said mistress can manipulate him to think she gets bruised during his rougher sex sessions so that he buys her jewelry. 
 And why should any smart man not be wary of the mistress' words about his fiancee - she is only the woman who's about to take more importance in your life than the mistress and become queen. With such a king, I worry for the future of their nation. 
 Too much drama. The drama and misunderstanding continues through out the book. 
 The mistress is there, ever present, all the way until the end of the book. In fact she appears in the last chapter of the book, in a confrontation w the heroine. Why? Hero does refuse her advances by Chapter 38 (of a 49 chapter book). I just don't know why she needs to keep popping up like a bad case of acne. Enough of that plot line. 
 In fact, the hero finds out his fiancee was a chaste virgin after all in the last chapter, in the very last scene (no, our boy genius did not figure it out when he had sex with her). At the same time, he also finally understands that she doesn't mind his scars either. And they confess their love for their HEA. 
 I wish that the main characters had resolve each of their issues/misunderstanding gradually throughout the book, instead of suddenly like the author just had to wrap up the story. It would have shown us they can communicate honestly with each other. Instead the author left us with mostly angry conversations and accusations between the two and not enough sweet to make up for it. None of her books have an epilogue but in this case especially it was definitely missing. 
 I'm beginning to think I read all of JL's good books already. That would be disappointing. 
 At a Glance 
 Safety warnings (view spoiler)[Hero has mistress in the story. There is sex off page with this OW who is scheming to break them apart. The mistress is in the story until the end. (hide spoiler)] 
 HEA (view spoiler)[Yes (hide spoiler)]