3⭐️3.25🌶️

Contemporary/historical fantasy

3rd person

Dual POV

27/30yo MCs

Time travel romance

Marriage of convenience

Tw: drowning, cancer remission

Being a historical romance reader, I thought this would be an easy read for me. Who wouldn’t want to see a person go back to 1812? But I have to admit, the chosen historical speech pattern didn’t flow naturally until mid book, when the modern speech started morphing into a more historically formal approach. It was the most distracting part of the book.

It took a while to get into. It was way spicier than I expected. The modern language/praise in the intimate scenes was a bit too out of place for my taste.

So yes, this was definitely a silly read, but possibly too much camp for me to really adore, even as a historical/contemporary romance reader. Maybe if the contemporary girls read this they might branch into historical romance… making it a gateway book into the sub-genre. In the end, the story was cute, even if I didn’t enjoy the ending as much as someone else might have.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.