In the year of 1922, the Jazz Age is in full swing. For a young New York heiress, the year brings many promises. She discovers that her father's will prohibits her from accessing his fortune unless she is married. Very brazen and stubborn, Zoe arranges for a brief marriage with a British family sorely in need of a benefactor. 
 Once she arrives in England, her plan to wed Sebastian Hazelton and divorce quickly proves to be more difficult than she thought. Sebastian's older brother Nigel, Duke of Langford is a very imposing man. Still waging an internal battle after the Great War, Nigel fights against everything that Zoe stands for. 
 When circumstances compel Zoe to marry Nigel rather than Sebastian, their heated quarrelling begets passion of another sort. But with Nigel unwilling to change with the times, will Zoe be forced to choose between her husband and her dreams? 
 Usually I'm all for historical romances, but this one wasn't for me. Honestly, I was hoping for far more world building. One of my favorite time periods to read about is the 1920s but I never really got fully immersed into this book. On top of that, the characters never came off as believable. They were either overtly extreme or completely flat. 
 The thing with this genre is that you have to connect to the story. And that just didn't happen for me, in fact got worse. About half way through the novel, after the wedding, it really got flat. I absolutely could not get into the romance. And since this was the forefront of this novel, it became a struggle to read. Unfortunately, in the end I can't recommend this one. 
 *Won in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway