This was the first of the Malory series that I read and it will likely be the last. I doubt I'll read anything else by this writer either. I liked the premise, but it was so poorly written & researched that I found myself frequently irritated by what I was reading. The historical period was, at best, only vaguely defined. The characters used phrases that were not current before the 20th century, and I lost count of all the anachronistic Americanisms in their speech. They also behaved in ways that didn't ring true for even the most unconventional people of the Regency period. I liked Danny at first, but then I found her & her oft-repeated "goals" annoying, and thought Jeremy was a jerk and a harrasser, and did not find his frat-boy "you know you want me" schtick remotely charming. It's probably only worth one star, but I'm giving it that second star because, despite my annoyance, I remained interested enough in the story to stick with it all the way to the end to find out what happened to Danny's family when she was a child and why.