The first two books of the delightful Last Chance Scoundrels trilogy, chronicled the stories of the two younger Ransome brothers, Kieran and Finn, after they helped their best friend, Dom Kilburn, jilt their sister at the altar.
Think about that, helping their best friend jilt their beloved sister, Willa. The three thought they were doing the right thing because Willa and Dom seemed so unhappy in the days leading up to their wedding.
As punishment for the jilting, Dom’s immensely rich father and the the brothers' father, an Earl, required all three men to be married within the year or else they would lose all financial support from their families. This was serious business, even ignored spares weren’t supposed to work.
In A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction the two brothers and their wives schemed to get both Dom and Willa to a house party on an island in the Inner Hebrides owned by their friend Oliver Longbridge. A house party designed for fun and naughtiness, far the strictures of London society.
A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction is a most satisfying end to the trilogy. The tortured Dom has been the most intriguing character from the very beginning, his and Willas’s story does not disappoint.
How can you not love a heroine whose first appearance upon a page is introduced by a rather shocking (from a woman during Regency times) word. But, Willa has a good reason to be surprised and dismayed at the appearance of Dom at the same house party on the desolated Scottish island.
After the forced togetherness they begin to make an amazing discovery. Their separation was the best thing that could have happened to them. Leigh writes of their voyage of discovery in her usual intelligent manner. Leigh goes from their immaturity to a new found knowledge of both their own hearts and that of each other.
What could have been a drippy HR is leavened by so much humor. The delightful and irrepressible Longbridge has put together what reads like the perfect house party, especially his amusing naughty parlor games.
The setting is fascinating, nice to be away from the usual London, or grand estates. Longbridge even brings his sturdier houseguests on a tour of the island.
The characters are intelligent and usually act so. Sometimes slipping up, but in a well-meaning way. It was lovely to see the characters from the first two books, especially since Leigh has almost always written really fascinating women characters. No change with that skill in A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction
After the groveling is done and finally, mostly accepted, things heat up between Willa and Dom. On the Scoville scale I would go with Ghost Pepper in the scenes set in the convenient cottage found during a storm. The language also seems rougher than in most HRs. Not complaining, just wanting to warn some readers.
The realistic fights between brothers and sister, friend against friend and former lovers against one another are poignant and no holds barred.
This book could easily be read as a standalone as the backstory unfolds in a genuine way. However, all books in the Last Chance Scoundrel trilogy are well worth reading. Actually, nothing would be lost in going back and reading the first two books after reading this one. There are no great surprises in the revelations; the main joys of Leigh’s books come with her fascinating characters and her fresh takes on the usual tropes.
Thanks to NetGalley for sending me an ARC of this book.

I have been waiting for Dom and Willa's story and it does not disappoint, The third book in Eva Leigh's Last Chance Scoundrels series, this is the story of Dom and Willa's second-chance romance, following Dom jilting Willa at the altar at the start of the series. This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend starting with the first two books of the series so one can truly feel the pent up longing and anguish. Dom and Willa have been tricked by mutual family and friends into both being present at a house party in the home of a libertine on an isolated Scottish isle. The boat dropping Dom off will not be back for some days, thus the couple is in delicious forced proximity.

Delicious as the forced proximity is, this book is definitely a slow-burn (which becomes an all-out inferno!). Willa has to see past her hurts, Dom has to deal with the consequences of his prior actions, and both have to come to understand what was missing before can be present now only in the wake of the destruction of their prior engagement. Both Willa and Dom had ulterior motives for being together in the past. Stripped of those motivations and illusions makes their relationship deeper and with the ability to last.

4.5 stars. I did wonder how Willa managed to be able to attend the house party at the center of the story, even with her family present (and would they really attend such a notorious event?). The scorching seemed a little advanced for someone of Willa's innocence, plus I would think there would be walking issues based on all the couple shared in a matter of hours. But still so good. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a complimentary ARC of this book. The opinions herein are my own.

A Rogue's Rules for Seduction is a captivating novel that left me utterly spellbound. It is a second-chance romance that simmers with a slow-burn intensity, featuring two characters who are polar opposites and initially enemies but ultimately fall deeply in love. The chemistry between them is scorching hot, leaving me breathless and yearning for more.

This relationship has been building up since book one of the series. You got to see them develop a love relationship, then the heartbreak, and now the aftermath of all of those feelings. Willa was heartbroken, even do we see them from far away, you know that both of them are pinning after each other. Dom is trying really hard to run away from his feelings, but they will eventually catch up to him. And what better way to catch up to him than to put him and the person he is running from together in a house with all kinds of wild things happening? An amazing end to this series (I hope not) but at least, we finally get to see Willa and Dom smash in the most beautiful way.

I always come into second chance romances with some level of apprehension; when executed poorly, they can make me upset at the lack of sense the relationship makes. But when done well, second chance romance makes me so emotional and is truly beautiful and powerful. A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction falls clearly into the latter category. I was pleasantly surprised (even though I’ve already read The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes and How the Wallflower Was Won and enjoyed both of them a lot!) by just how much I loved Dom and Willa’s love story and how much depth Eva Leigh brought to their past and present relationship.

The setting, for one, made so much sense for Dom and Willa; as Finn and Kieran know well, these two are so stubborn and wouldn’t talk with each other if they hasn’t been trapped on the island together for an extended period of time—the forced proximity was a stroke of genius on their parts, as much as it angered Willa and Dom to have been set up by their meddling. Besides that, being on this remote island also gave Dom and Willa the chance to spend time together outside of the smothering eyes of the ton, the weight of expectations and pretenses and society gossips, which they desperately needed to properly get to know each other.

Willa’s anger was understandable and justified, although the transition from that to just being unable to resist the pull to Dom (and he to her as well) was so satisfying to see. There’s so much angst in the whole setup of their relationship, given we know what happened at the beginning of Kieran’s book, and witnessing Dom’s self-hatred and guilt was so difficult. We know that he never felt he deserved Willa, but this was news to her (those glimpses where Willa realizes this were so important). I love that as Willa and Dom keep getting pulled toward each other, we see them realize how they’d each misjudged the other before, and as the story unfolds, they learn the hidden depths to each other, the vulnerable parts of themselves they never showed to anyone else, not even their siblings. The two of them vowing to do better by each other because they can’t help but care, the gradual opening up and sharing about their pasts while also asking their family/friends for more information to better understand the other, all of it adds so many layers to their romance.

I loved how Finn and Kieran and Celeste and Tabitha all played roles in their story, both as friends and family and as examples for Dom and Willa of happy marriages. Willa and Dom recognizing that their engagement a year ago wouldn’t have led to a successful marriage because they both didn’t trust each other and truly know their partner made me teary-eyed. It was such a big step for them to come to terms with that, and it’s a pivotal part of them moving forward and learning and growing so they can build a strong relationship in their present and future.

I love the respective sibling relationships and friendships; Finn and Kieran both love their baby sister so much and want to help make things right for her after their part in everything and want the best for both her and their close friend, Dom. And Celeste imparting her wisdom on her brother (and every time Dom apologizes for not realizing she hated the stifling societal role she was supposed to play makes me love him more; he calls her Star and that’s the cutest thing ever. And him talking about saving the best food for his baby sister when they grew up poor) and also to Willa, the way she knows that her brother’s been through more than he’d ever tell her made me tear up. Celeste and Tabitha reaching out to Willa at the end, too, wanting to be sisters, oh my heart. They’re all so sweet and supportive. Also just the fact that we get to see so much of Finn and Kieran’s good natured ribbing, along with Dom, it was so good to see their friendship in this one and to get to see all of them spend time together. The sibling disgust at getting any kinds of glimpses of their sibling’s sex lives with their partners (Willa hearing Kieran propositioning Celeste and Dom not wanting to see Celeste dancing for Kieran and Kieran saying he’s pretending they’re going to make lace) made me laugh out loud because yeah, that sounds right.

And of course the sex and the significance of what their relationship is like then, how it reflects on what their dynamic is like and their trust in each other, I loved that. Dom letting (and enjoying) Willa being in control, giving her agency which is so important to her after everything, and Willa also trusting Dom to be in control at other times, too, all of this parallels how far they’ve come and grown as people, how well they understand each other and their needs at that point. It’s hot but adds so much depth to their romance.

The epilogue was perfect, down to the words they exchanged, the rings!! And Kieran and Finn both tearing up (Kieran even sobbing like the big softie he is). All the details were perfect for them, which really reflected how much Dom and Willa wanted their wedding to be just for them. I’m sad that the series is over though I’m happy all of them found their HEAs, and I’ve loved reading about Kieran and Celeste, Finn and Tabitha, and Dom and Willa. The empowering of women as a central theme across the books and the mention of that in the epilogue made me emotional. I’ll have to do a reread sometime where I read all three back to back!

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC!

How do you move forward when he left you at the altar?

We finally get Willa and Dom's story, the couple that started this series when he leaves her at the altar on their wedding day, assisted by her brothers. But Dom could care less about the deadline to find a bride or otherwise lose his inheritance. He's been self-destructing since that fateful day believing Willa was better off without him but longing for her since.

But her brothers, the aforementioned friends to assist the heartbreak initially, bring Willa and Dom together at a house party on an island. Now forced together, the passion has not diminished in the months apart, but neither are the same person they were before.

Willa and Dom needed to talk, to share their pasts, share the sides of themselves they thought no one could ever love. They keep being pulled together, but need to let each other in to finally last.

They are so in sync in so many ways they did need the push and forced interaction to finally share with each other. Seeing how they both would think the same thing, and want the same thing, but hold themselves back, it's all the more satifying when they finally are on the same page.

I loved how desperate for each other they were. Though Willa was strong and self-possessed enough to make Dom work for her forgiveness.

Eva Leigh understands that historically, people were the horniest. The toys, parties, activites, she once again gives them and provides multiple spicy scenes and even a play as foreplay.

Feat: the Darcy hand flex, sharing-body-heat-for-survival, second-chance romance, light bdsm, meddling family members, "good girl", forced proximity, oh-no-when-I-dirty-talk-my-accent-reverts

Thank you so much to netgalley and Avon for an arc in exchange for an honest review! Make sure to check out the rest of the series for more spicy, sex-positive, fun historical romances! A must-read series!

4.5 stars
3 spice

Eva Leigh wraps up her Last Chance Scoundrel’s with our final rogue, Dom. If you’ve read the rest of the series, you know Dom left Willa on their wedding day with the help of her brother’s, his best friends. Willa fled to the continent and for the past two books we have watched Dom suffer for leaving the love of his life at the altar while his friends have found their happily ever after.

Second chance romance is not my favorite trope, because I am a major grudge holder. What I loved about Leigh’s take on this is that yes, Willa is still incredibly angry, and Dom is still feeling unworthy, but as they have the opportunity to spend time to each other away from society, they start to catch on to the fact that they truly did not know each other when they were engaged. As the many loaded reasons for both Dom and Willa as to why their initial marriage wouldn’t have worked, both of them have to find a way to be vulnerable with each other to find their true selves.

There is a small part of me that would have loved to see them get married in the first book and then watch how they worked out their issues post marriage. But, I think that is because marriage of convenience is my favorite trope and second chance romance is one of my least favorites. Overall, I feel like this was a great conclusion to the series and I love all of these men who became the ultimate support for their partner!

Some people like to be less than a few degrees from those with wealth, status, and/or power. It's a flimsy façade of self-worth that couldn't be further from the truth. When we use another human being as an avatar to symbolize our status and worth in the world, we betray another person and we betray ourselves. This idea is at the heart of this second chance romance between Willa and Dom, two people who once used one another to shock those in their different social spheres.

Eva Leigh brilliantly crafted a second chance romance in a locked-door type setting. Set on an island in the Hebrides, both Willa and Dom are lured to an exclusive house party on a remote island where neither of them know that the other will be in attendance. The forced proximity of the location allows these two to confront their past and the pain of their separation. They no longer have society as an audience to fall back upon, and their souls are bared over the course of this novel in a brilliant unfurling of truths.

Watching these two guarded people slowly let down their guards was a wonderful experience that I have not seen in a historical romance story for quite some time. There was a laser focus on these characters and peeling back their layers through intimate conversations, game play, and a slow burn that caught the pages on fire towards the end.

Leigh also included some details that were subtle, yet brilliant in their placement, and had me praising her crafting of this romantic story. I loved to see her use some tried and true details in addition to a fresh approach to some tropes that seem to be wearing thin in their authenticity.

I highly recommend this story to all historical romance readers who are looking for a romantic and steamy story. If you are someone who is hesitant about a second chance romance, just know that the epiphanies and growth that happens with these characters makes their second chance believable and very satisfying.

I read and reviewed an eARC of this book thanks to Avon and Harper Voyager via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Dom and Willa's second chance romance in A Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh, book three in Last Chance Scoundrels, is sizzling, emotional, and entertaining, as rules are broken and rakes reformed. After dark memories from his past resurfaced, Dominic Kilburn left Lady Willa Ransom at the altar. Dom, was lost and aimless without Willa. She's the only woman who has ever held his heart, but he was afraid he didn't deserve her and panicked. Willa hid her pain from being jilted by leaving town; a coping mechanism for her. Following a year abroad, Willa accepts an invitation to a house party, determined to move on with her life. Well-meaning family and friends have conspired to throw them together, and Willa and Dom are forced to face each other, and their demons.

The magnetism and chemistry between these two is still there, despite their trying to avoid each other. The lingering force between them is stronger than their resistance, pulling them toward each other. The emotions: pining, fear, and emotional upheaval are all there. The wait was worth it when these two come together, both physically and emotionally. Their time together allows for the growth of a friendship, while they attempt to deny their magnetic attraction and sizzling chemistry; until neither is able to ignore it any longer. The fact that they inspire each other to speak up for what they want in their lives, him writing his poetry and she her charity work, adds another layer to this story and their relationship.

Ms. Leigh wrote a wonderful story filled with parental pressure, respect, passion and romance that should not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with respect, strong chemistry, wonderful banter, and amusing secondary characters finally giving Willa and Dom a chance for a happy future together. I highly recommend A Rogue's Rules for Seduction to other readers.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction might be one of my favorite second chance romances ever. Eva Leigh creates a tough historical hero with a gooey center who will do anything for the strong and sassy love of his life.

The Last Chance Scoundrels trilogy begins with Dom leaving Willa at the altar because he believes she deserves better than him. Over the course of the previous books, the reader only sees Dom brooding or sulking around. When A Rogue’s Rules of Seduction begins, his friends Kieran and Finn, who are also Willa’s brothers and heroes of book 1 and 2, finagle events so both Dom and Willa are forced to confront each other at a remote Scottish house party. At first, they are both incensed and looking for ways to escape the island, but eventually they begin to communicate with each other. And that’s when Dom’s first class grovel begins in earnest.

The longing! The chemistry! It takes the reappearance of Willa to invigorate Dom and try to figure out if there is a way for them to be together, since they are both completely miserable apart. He’s absolutely gone for her from page 1 and will do anything for her. But the highlight is that he won’t do a single thing if Willa doesn’t give her enthusiastic consent. And once she does, this pair’s sizzling chemistry heats up every scene.

A Rogue’s Rules of Seduction is the perfect finale for this amazing series. Dom and Willa convince the reader that they are destined to be together, no matter what missteps they’ve made along the way. I adore the way all the couples in this series discover their own HEA, but Dom and Willa may be my favorites.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Dominic Kilburn, left Willa Random at the alter a little over a year ago. Guilt has followed him since and his past. He had not felt he deserved her, being from a common working class and her the daughter of an earl.

Finn Ransome, his brother Kieran, Finn’s wife Tabitha, and Celeste Nissan's wife, all want Dom and Will a to move forward and let the past die. To release the pain, hurt, and abandonment. So with the help of Oliver Longbridge, son of a Black West Indian father and a white English mother, to his small Scottish Island, Creag Uaine.

As both Dom and Willa try to stop the boat so each could leave, it was too late. As the days pass and each finds truths about themself, it come to light that each was playing a part that was not a real bit of them. As these truths pile up and are dealt with real feeling get stronger and then one opens their mouth to bring them crashing down and further apart. As they take one step forward with two steps back, the storms start brewing.

When a raging rain storm traps them in a secluded cabin, they each must open up honestly with the other to finally let the past go. But is it enough or to late? Can they trust the other? As the deadline from the parents come close can the three live with the consequences at the outcome of their plan?

Join in the house party fun and antics of debauchery as all the drama, fun, and family revelery that will have you laugh, cry, or cheer someone to triumph. With her great characters, witty banter, steamy scenes, and flowing plot, you will not want to put thus down!

Big thanks to Avon Romance for the ARC of this book via NetGalley. This review is being given honestly and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

From the very beginning of this series Dom and Willa have had a special place in my heart and I knew their book would be my favorite. Here we are, over a year later and that assumption is holding true because this was a beautiful and emotional wild ride.

Willa and Dom were engaged and on the day of their wedding he left her at the alter for unknown reasons. Now, a year later, Willa has returned from her tour of the continent and ready to face society again, only to realize she has been duped into an island house party with none other than the man who jilted her and the brothers who helped him do it. Dom is just as surprised and racked with the guilt of leaving her at the alter as well as the reasons why he ran.

During the time they are stuck on the island Willa and Dom slowly begin to see each other in a new light, revealing a kaleidoscope of emotions that were previously unknown to each other. These two realize that even though they were happy to get married and believed themselves in love, they were with each other for the wrong reasons and didn’t truly know each other, thus unable to truly love each other.

Willa and Dom start opening up to each other and it was honestly very emotional to read because Eva Leigh really pulls the reader in with this couple. You really feel the angst of everything these characters are feeling and are rooting for them from the depths of your heart. The author even made me rethink how I originally felt about the jilting and made me realize that even though I would have loved for them to be together already it would not have worked.

I also loved how the author really makes both characters work for their happily ever after (mostly Dom tho cuz he really hurt Willa) by doing the emotional labor, which we almost never see (especially from the hero). Willa was an absolutely amazing character and right off the bat she flew off the page for me. I loved how she really made it clear how she was feeling, how much she made Dom work for everything, and how honest she was to herself and others about how everything felt for her and how scared she was to trust Dom (she was so real for that 😭). Really glad this was how the book came out because I felt that Dom really groveled for what he did and he and Willa were able to reach a new level of emotional intimacy in their relationship. Let’s not forget that this was probably one of the hottest historical romances I’ve ever read (and this is one of my top genres)! Loved how Willa was able to take charge of her sexuality and how much Dom encouraged her to do so.

Overall, I absolutely loved this book and am sad to see this series come to a close! Would definitely recommend this series and book to anyone who might be new to HR or looking for something fun and a little emotional. Would also say that this definitely needs to be read in order as there is a lot that will be spoiled or not make any sense if you have not read the previous two books!

There is no one that has read this series (Last Chance Scoundrels ) from the beginning who has not anticipated Willa and Dom’s story. You knew it was coming, you know there will eventually be an HEA but how it comes about is nothing what I (and maybe you) were expecting. I mean how do you come back from jilting someone at the altar? This is what happens in the first chapter of book 1 and to say this book can be read as a stand alone is a great disservice to the arc and series writing of Ms. Leigh. We are set up right from the beginning to want this story and then we are treated to a lovely ride along the way with book 1 & 2. But the gloves are off in this book. It’s one year later and Willa is back from spending a year on the continent traveling and trying to forget about Dom. Dom is a wreck over what he did to Willa but he feels he had a good reason (that we will learn later in the book) but less we forget, Dom is the last key component in all 3 friends receiving their inheritance from each parent. To this end Dom’s friends (and Willa’s brothers) Kieran and Finn a long with their wives maneuver each of them to a house party on a remote Scottish island by their friend Mr. Longbridge (I would love a book or novella about him) It’s not until after the boat leaves that they discover that each other is a guest. So we are set up for not only a second chance story, but a force proximity story as well. Willa and Dom are determined to ignore each other as much as possible but the host (and the brothers) keep throwing them together in the guise of games and outings. The angst is heavy for these two, and there’s a secret that Dom has never told anyone that was the reason he jilted Willa over. Mix that with a heavy amount of “I’m not worthy of her” from him and “I don’t know if I can ever forgive you” from her and you have the basis for the first half of the book. But we come to see that these 2 people really didn’t know each other more then superficially when they were engaged and now they are learning more and more about who the real person is inside. I have to say that at about 55% I was starting to think “when are we going to have some hot sex in this book” as Ms Leigh is not shy about her sex scenes. Then starting at about 65% we got from zero to 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 with basically everything from voyeur self gratification to, light BDSM and spanking and pretty much everything in between. And don’t get me started on the”dirty talk”. I love me some good sex scenes but I like them spread out (pun intended) a bit more throughout the book. But in this case the two MCs really needed to gain the trust back of each other before indulging in what was a raging lust they had always had for each other. This was a great end
(I assume) to a great series that I’ve very much enjoyed.
Thank you NetGallery for a ARC for my honest review of this book.

A new Eva Leigh book is always cause for celebration, in my opinion. (Her book, My Fake Rake, was the novel that first got me hooked on historical romance. Check it out if you haven’t!) She’s the queen of steamy romances between characters that are often considered off-beat or outsiders by their peers, and I love seeing the way all these personalities fall in love and find their places in the world.

Dom and Willa’s story is the third in the Last Chance Scoundrels trilogy, and while I still think the second novel is my favorite, this second chance romance was a lot of fun as well. I’ve said before that second chance is not exactly my favorite trope, but it works so well here because both Dom and Willa had a lot of growing they needed to do before their romance would work. And grow they did. I loved seeing how they realized their previous courtship was a silly, surface level thing and let each other see the true people underneath the bravado and façade. They’re both so fierce and unapologetically themselves that they’re a perfect match.

I love the way Leigh incorporates the characters from previous books without focusing too much on them that it’s distracting. The familiar supporting characters are hilarious and meddlesome and supportive without stealing focus from Dom and Willa’s love story.

When I said Leigh’s books are always steamy…she levels that up in this book. There’s a spice level here that I’m not sure is for everyone – typically isn’t even my style, but I love her characters so much that it’s worth it. All that said, this probably isn’t a “read the spicy scenes in public” kind of book, so consider yourself warned.

I’m sad to see the end of another great series by this author, and I already can’t wait for the next one!

Willa’s meddling brothers toss her and her former fiancé, Dom, together to affect a reconciliation.
Willa is all spit and feisty but their attraction for each other fizzles and pops.
I liked Dom’s rough hewn edges and his hands, which he can’t keep,off Willa.
The conclusion is no surprise, but then that’s why I read these books.

After seeing his two best friends fall in love and get married (one of them married his sister) Dom Kilburn decides he'd rather be alone, as he can't have the woman he loves.

Coming from a poor family, without a title of nobility, Dom knew well what it was like to work from a very young age to have something in life. So he and his father did everything to make his sister, Celeste, a girl capable of being respected by Ton.
He himself would marry the perfect woman in his eyes, his "Princess". But on the day of the wedding, something from his past weighed heavily on his conscience, and he preferred to flee. Now, he paid the price as he watched her glare at him.

Wanting to get away from the meetings he and her had around the city, Dom accepts the invitation of friends and brothers Finn and Kieran to participate in a house party on an island in Scotland.
However, upon arriving there, he discovers that the woman he loves, Willa, would also be trapped on that island for the next few weeks.

Willa Ransome thought she had found the perfect man for her. Dom had no title, but his presence commanded respect, his physique made her sigh, and the way he treated her made her feel important and wanted.
However, he did not marry her, making her feel, once again, unloved.
She also accepted the invitation to the house party to try to distract herself, but she found herself trapped in yet another diabolical plan by her brothers.

Being so close to Dom made Willa watch him and try to understand the real reason for his flight. And what she discovered left her astonished.

I haven't read a novel in a long time whose couple, so complex, has the feeling described in an increasing and logical way. Getting to know each other's reason for making each decision is surprising, engaging, and makes us really hope they stay together. They are imperfectly perfect for each other.
ARC provided by NetGalley
5 stars

I think this was an interesting variation on the second chance romance with the hero leaving the heroine on their wedding day. He was definitely at fault for that but what I really appreciated about this was the acknowledgement that they really didn’t know who the other person was back when they were initially betrothed and were both playing a version of themselves that wasn’t really true. I liked the set up, liked the isolated castle on an island only accessible by boat so everyone is kind of stuck there. I liked the side characters and I do get why Dom felt like he couldn’t marry Willa. All in all, it was interesting and incredibly sexy and I really enjoyed it.

*4.5

This was a really fun book. I've read the other books and I always wondered why he left her. I don't necessarily think that it was a great reason but learning his thoughts at the time really helped. I like how the author showed that Willa and Dom really weren't ready for marriage and didn't really know each other. Watching them discover who they really are was very enjoyable.

I received an arc through netgalley.

A perfectly serviceable Regency romance. It's lifted up by some light BDSM in a genre that doesn't usually showcase that kink, but deflated by overwritten, flowery dialogue (repeated pet names like "my lioness," "my goddess," etc.).

Y’all, this book. The Hero is a man modeled after Tom Hardy. I’m dying.🥵

This is the 3rd book in @zoearcher73 ‘s Last Chance Scoundrels series, and buddy, does it end with a bang.

Dominic left Willa at the alter because he thought she deserved better than him. Naturally, Willa carries a grudge. She leaves for America soon after, and spends a year trying to get over Dominic. When her brothers trick them into spending two weeks at a house party in Scotland, both aren’t pleased at being tricked into the situation. Of course—because forced proximity, things heat up. And let me tell you, WOW. Let’s put it this way: Willa knows exactly how to push his buttons to get Dom riled up.🔥

Eva Leigh can write forced proximity like no one else. The tension is palpable, and the banter is always *top tier*. And it’s set on a remote Scottish island that no one gets to leave?!? YES. PLEASE.

I LOVED the two heroes of the first two books in this series, and Dom proved that he deserved a place right there with them. I love that he’s super smart, but was raised on the London docks, so we get the best of both worlds.

Forced proximity?✔️
Second-chance romance?✔️
Smoking hot love scenes?✔️✔️
Woman brings him to his knees?✔️✔️✔️

Seriously, y’all. This entire series is *chef’s kiss*. This is a standalone but you’ll loooove the first two books, too.

Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

**A big thank-you to @netgalley and the author for a copy of this book to read and review.*