The more you hate, the more you love.(Well, that absolutely didn't happen in my case, because I absolutely loved, loved, loved this book)

Lilian Bowman hates the the arrogant clod pole which is Marcus Marsden, or Lord Westcliff. We could also be assured that Westcliff feels the same way. So they definitely have a mutual understanding.

But mutual understanding is better than nothing right?

If you've read Again The Magic before this one, you would see that Westcliff isn't actually a complete pig but actually an affectionate brother. If you haven't and read Secrets of a Summer Night straightaway, well, Marcus would be someone you would want to drop an anvil on.

In Secrets of a Summer Night, Lisa Kleypas already showed us how Marcus and Lilian wanted to engage in a fist fight. As a reader, I could feel they were attracted to each other (some hopeful thinking on my part), but they bantered so much that Lilian and Marcus didn't know that the extreme dislike was a defense mechanism to hide their intense attraction to each other.

Westcliff is a stickler for propriety and control. So how come after having a sniff of Lilian Bowman, his defenses crumble and he becomes such a savage that he wanted to make a Lilian a gourmet meal? Not that I could blame him, but still. Westcliff lost control. And he had trouble believing that himself. Wanting to prove to himself that he could no doubt control himself, they challenge each other in another embrace, but failing. Guess how they ended up? These two ended up falling for each other hard!

Who would have thought that these two rascals would come to care for each other?

This is the best Lisa Kleypas book I've read so far. It made me laugh out loud tons of times and it also made me feel giddy since Westcliff was such a romantic brute. This is a beautifully written tale that every romance reader must not miss.

And I end my review with advice. Before you hate someone, I suggest that you better think twice :D