Fourth and Final Book in a Historical Romance Series

 The Duchess Takes a Husband by Harper St. George

I'm so irritated with this book. I have loved every book in this series and this started out so strong. The themes in this book were important and deep and necessary. Then the author decided to tell us that Jacob lost his virginity when he was 15 and that he has slept with 8-10 women a year every year since and that he is almost 30. We don't get a specific age, but if he's 28 that means 104-130 up to 120-150 women. That is the range. He is for the streets. And Camille, the recently widowed Duchess and decided that she wants to sleep with him because she thinks he will know what he's doing and that will let her know if she actually likes it or not. But, with that many bodies he had better know what he's doing. That man is for the streets! Except, every time Camille tries to sleep with him, she can't. Because her husband was abusive. So Jacob devises ways for her to be in charge, and it works. But it works too well because she falls in love with him and he doesn't reciprocate her feelings. He thinks that is working out in his favor because he has to leave for Paris, and they have been pretending to be engaged and when he leaves that will allow her to end the engagement easily. Meanwhile, she has been getting involved in the suffrage campaign and she goes to a rally and gets attacked. But don't worry, Jacob is there to save her. He realizes that he does love her and asks her to go to Paris with him, as a truly engaged couple and they can get married when they return. Boy, bye. This was such a let down after how great the first three books were.