I might actually be giving this one an extra star because I love the cover. It was very vintage in feel with a whole lotta telling rather than showing. There were not quite enough scenes with both the hero and the heroine. It was also one of those books where you pretty much knew what was going to happen so some of the fun in reading it was dimmed. I did appreciate that the heroine learned not to be so submissive. I never really felt like the hero explained how he was over the old fiance adequately enough. Most of that was related by the author in the wrap up instead of shown in an actual scene. Consequently, I'm not sure I really believed he was over her. I needed more out and out swearing that he loved Roxanne much more than he had ever loved Marta. Oddly enough, how he felt about Marta was not adequately explained either. Also all the forceful married sex scenes were off stage so you really couldn't get worked up over them one way or another. I might like to see this rewritten with a modern take... ( )