3 stars I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley. Normally, I love books from Janna MacGregor, but this one was disappointing. To begin with, the premise was silly. Katherine discovers that her “husband” married two other women, then died, leaving them all trying to figure out who was the real wife (Kat) and what had happened to their dowries. Constance is pregnant and ready to give birth, while Beth has no desire to return to her brother who “sold her off” to Meriwether, the “husband” to all three women. Meanwhile, Christian, the Duke of Randford, returns from the war to try to clean up his half-brother’s mess. Constance and Beth are basically destitute, at least until they figure out what to do now that they’ve been widowed. Christian is reluctant to help. So, Katherine, who has her own linens business, invites the two women to come live with her, with no expectation that they will repay her. They become the best of friends. It just seemed unbelievable to me that these three women would become the best of friends under the circumstances. Even if Kat was generous enough to invite them to live with her, the likelihood of them being just as generous is not very high. Of course, Christian and Kat fall in love, while Christian tries to find someone to marry Constance before she gives birth and it seems as if Christian’s good friend is interested in Beth. There were too many loose ends. The epilogue only addressed Christian and Katherine, with a mention of Beth (now managing certain aspects of Kat’s business). We don’t know whether Constance was married or not. We don’t know what happened with Beth and Christian’s friend Grayson. Additionally, the passion between Christian and Kat was lackluster and the emotions were just meh. I just didn’t feel much for these characters. I didn’t connect with them and I didn’t much care what happened. June 19, 2021
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