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I listened to the audiobook, which was about 30 hours long. The pacing is very slow, the romance just okay. The hero falls in love first but the heroine treats him awfully that it begs the question, “How can he be in love with her?��

For some reason I didn’t mind the slow pacing; normally I would but the narration was kind of relaxing. I held my patience until the 80% mark when I wanted to know how everything gets revealed so I switched to skimming the ebook.

The beginning starts off well. Shanna marries a man who’s about to be hanged. I can’t help but imagine that this book is inspiration for modern day HRs that also have this plot.

But then it gets boring when the characters arrive at an island in the Caribbean. Lots of reviewers dislike the heroine, Shanna, for her treatment of the hero, Ruark, so be prepared for that.

The second half gets a little more interesting with some action: pirates, murder, secrets/truths coming out, but the second half still suffers from being dragged out. Tons of stuff should have been cut out for a decent page count.