I am sorry, but I have to join those who did not rate 'Again the Magic' by Lisa Kleypas too highly. I never thought I could give any book written by Lisa 2 stars, but there you have it...I kept waiting for the book to come alive, make me laugh, make me gasp, but it did absolutely nothing for me! It was boring, and for a 391-page book, there was (IMO) absolutely zero conversation between the hero and the heroine. They had no spark, they were not happy....what a couple! Now there was a secondary romance story between Livia and Shaw- not that their story was great too, in fact for the first time ever, I didn't enjoy having extras in a book! However I liked Shaw much more than McKenna. I'm sure this was a one-off and hope the next Lisa Kleypas book I read turns out to be much better than this. Still love her books. Go Ms. Kleypas!!