Yesssss I loved this! I loved Connie, and Aaron too. I do wish the healing had focused a bit more on Connie’s insecurity but there were some nice angsty moments all the same. The ending was a bit abrupt, though, this could really use an epilogue ( )

This book had the unlucky coincidence of being read right after a lackluster book that pretty much had the same storyline.

Tall heroine who hides her hurt behind a tough abrasive exterior. This book's heroine was better constructed but the whole "I can never believe I have any minuscule attractiveness to me" carried on far too long. It ended up giving her a bit of immaturity.

Poor gorgeous hero who needs to marry for money to save estate. Same character outline as the other books I read but story placement here was a bit different with hero and heroine's families having a centuries old feud. The feud wasn't really explained but how it effected their present families was detailed. They are caught in a compromising position and hero marries heroine even though her father doesn't give him her dowry, thus bankrupting the hero.

This book had more of a story construct but how long it takes the hero and heroine to develop past the immature "I hate you!" "No, I hate you!" took too long and I missed seeing their relationship without any animosity.
Since I read this right after not enjoying an extremely similar storyline, I definitely think I already had my fill of insecure abrasive tall heroines (I'm even one!) and the poor gorgeous heroes who just want them to recognize how regal they are.
The bottom line, I was exhausted by how long it took hero and heroine to move beyond their animosity. ( )

These two had such horrible parents, but the two of them were great together once they get the communication going, he has a horrible tendency to fly off the handle though, it could get very messy.

Romance and sceming and family quarrels and lack of self-confidence make for an interesting story and a romance that made me keep reading. Though I did have a moment where I was very annoyed about nicknames with this where without her consent he told her he didn't like her name and he was going to use a nickname whether she liked it or not. Not on. ( )