I have 3 weddings to attend this year so I thought I would do something random and read three romance novels. I see them on so many of my friends's shelves but somehow I've never read them. So this is the first one of the three. 
 Well, the novel was readable, fast paced and that was enjoyable. There were occasional punts that made me smile but somehow I did not warm up to the protagonists, be it Julianna or Leighton. I found the plot a little, well, stereotypical; Julianna as a fiery Italian and Leighton as a cold stuck up English Duke. I couldn't see what would make those people connect besides physical attributes; she was voluptuous and he massive. As such, the romance was lost on me.