This book was an interesting one - I had read a stack of Harlequin novels between the last one on my list and this. It made it hard to stick with the book the entire way through. I was used to compact stories.

That said, there were some distinct positives in this story. I liked the strong heroine and that the hero loved her from the start. I enjoyed the central plot. I didn't enjoy the use of Cockney in the dialogue, and used a *ton*.