This one was tough to rate for me. For the most part it involves two stories. One is Elena an Ran, an engaged debutante and notorious rake, who are kidnapped and held together with no explanation for a week. Then there is Alicia and Ben a relatively new married couple. He's an earl who used to work for the war office. Elena and Alicia are cousins and Elena's father asks Ben to look into the kidnapping.

The best part of the story for me was Alicia's and Ben's. They have a very cursory marriage and she wants them to become closer so she suggests they forgo bedplay until they can know each other better. I enjoyed both Ben and Alicia and enjoyed the change in their relationship as they searched for Elena.

Elena and Ran's story was pretty dull. They don't know why they are kidnapped but the discussion about why is brief. The chapter are bogged down by countless conversations between the two about sex or each of them thinking about sex, or them actually having sex. He's the standard rake who's misunderstood and has mysterious depth (otherwise why would we care about him of course) and she's the standard innocent. Nothing unique comes out of the experience and after they are freed and go go home what happens after is no surprise.

Part of the mystery is revealed but not all because this will be a series. I'm really not sure I want to continue with it.

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