Comparisons with Devil in Winter would justified here I suppose. The fact that there are so many references to the perfection of a book in this latest instalment by Kleypas, makes the comparisons inevitable. 
 I would have probably given the book an extra half star if Sebastian and Evie weren't called forth. 
 Let's just why I like it. The story is quite breezy. Especially when the main leads get their groove on in the breezy cove at the M's family estate. The writing is great as usual. Little to no typographical errors. Tip top really. 
 What I couldn't get myself past was it all just felt much too convenient. M is way too rational about his wife's ambitions and expectations of marriage. He falls into the role of the second fiddle in their marriage just like that. And Pandora feels quite silly at some moments. Plus she learns when to back down in front of her husband's concerns too easily. What made me a diehard fan of Devil in Winter was how Evie and Sebastian keep getting shocked by their feelings for each other. Like two normal practical strangers, they try to do things their own way, reluctant to concede to each other's rationale. But slowly and slowly they get to know each other. It felt a simmering fire of passion between them. And it really felt quite like how it would have gone normally. Yet in Devil in Springthe love and compassions comes unhindered. No challenges worth griping about, nothing!