What do you do when you've been waiting for 8 years for an absent fiance you're not sure even likes you? In Tessa Dare's Castles Ever After series, if you're a lucky heiress, you say screw the groom, I just inherited a castle. Who needs ya? Clio has been trained to be a compliant woman of the ton, to the point of starvation to have the proper figure, but she's discovered she doesn't want her groom anymore. As a landowner, she has other plans, so she employs her groom's brother, Rafe, who she prefers when all is said and done, to release her from the overlong commitment. The profligate brother, Rafe was charged with watching after things while his brother was gone, and since he's screwed up everything else in his life, that's the one thing he is determined to succeed at. Except he's always been soft on Clio, too.

I am really enjoying this series of "what would a Regency-era heroine do if she suddenly inherited a castle?" It gives them power they wouldn't normally possess and the opportunity to be who they want to be. Cleverly written, believably Regency, I would highly recommend the latest addition (as well as the first!) to the Castles Ever After series.