This was a well written historical but I just could not get into it. I thought the character of Gen would have been more ladylike and she really wasn't. The hero knew her from a baudry house froma few years ago. In historicals I like the ladies to be higher class and she wasn't. And that took away from my enjoyment.

I do want to say I did not read this book in entirety but I ended up skimming a lot of it because I just could not get into it and I really did not like the female lead. I tend to like historicals from the early 1800's and this story was earlier around the late 1700's.

Marcus likes to protect what's his, “She wants to stay.” Lord Bowles’s smile was a cold slash of white in the dark. “Your first clue should’ve been her screaming and running away from you. Always a bad sign when a woman does that.” Marcus drives a mean bargain, "his hazel stare bore into her, all traces of humor gone despite the silly apron. “If you’re adamant about seeing my bits and pieces again, you’ll have to sleep with me.” Marcus is not one for subtly, "...stare dipped to her bosom before springing back to her face. “A lovely book. One I enjoy reading.” I enjoyed this book, I loved Marcus.