Historical Romance

 The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham 

I was pretty irritated with Archer through most of this book. The ending wrapped things up nicely, but for most of it; he didn't deserve Poppy. Yes, you have a tragic backstory. It sucked that your father was so horrible that he started a fire to kill you first wife and son, but that doesn't mean that you can keep secrets from Poppy after deliberately pulling her into your life. You are the one who decided a marriage was the only option. You are the one who bought her a house. You are the one who built her a nursery for her plant business. Then, you are the one who flirted and charmed her and changed the rules and decided to go back to strictly business. You can't have it both ways. Was she wrong to run into a burning building to try to save some papers? Yes, of course. But, you were wrong to tell her that she has things other than plants to live for when you have literally given her nothing and taken everything else away from her. Maybe, if you had talked to your WIFE about things instead of hiding them from her, you wouldn't be in this position. Then, they had a fight and he stormed out of the house and she her the address so she followed. When she wasn't admitted she broke in and discovered the source of his scars and fled to the house he built for him. And he decided the best way to show her that he loves her is by drawing up divorce papers. He's. So. Dumb. When they finally started to talk to each other, they were able to learn she's not opposed to being his dominatrix. In fact, she went to the club to learn how to do it properly. COMMUNICATION ARCHER! I was irritated, but I will probably listen to book 2, just not immediately.