Considering that I've read another of Blake's book with similar situation such as this (where the husband of the female protagonist is unable to produce an heir with their wives) this story is still great! However, instead of the wife having any knowledge on what her husband wants to do with her, Amalie is ignorant of the switch between her husband and his cousin.

By the way, the other story similar to this one is entitled [book:Arrow to the Heart|2767353]. But instead of the husband being gay and the male partner as a relative, the husband would be unable to produce an heir because of sickness and the mate is chosen via a tourney.

Still, the story is good. A lot can be learned from Blake's works--especially historical facts--and the ending (it's always the ending) is very well made. Not too fast to cause chaos and not too slow to make me throw the book outside under the pouring rain. It's just great! ( )