Throughout this series Castleford and Daphne have been two of my favorite characters, so I was anticipating their romance. While it was a decent romance novel, overall I was disappointed. My favorite parts of the book was the interactions between the leading men in the series. It was great seeing Summerhays, Hawkeswell, Albrighton again and their reactions to Castleford pursuing their wives' friend were comical. I just didn't believe that the main characters really loved each other. So much time is spent on Castleford's attempts to seduce Daphne, that the relationship isn't really developed.