Boring to say the least. I was so disappointed in this book that I felt that Henley had penned her name to another's book in desperation to meet a deadline!The heroine was so unlike her previous heroines whom historically are strong willed, feisty, outspoken and downright physically violent at times. This particular heroine was a 'mouse' in my opinion. No guts, no gumption, and the book was received by me with no glory. The hero, I found him to be naive in the matters of female reproduction. Having a mistress for years, one never wondered why she never conceived? The mistress was so shallow that even he should have seen through her vindictive behavior. As for his sister, well, I believe she was transported through time travel from another era due to her language and prose and her psychological analysis of men.