✨What have you done to my feeeeelings Meredith Duran?! ✨

This is going to be a super spoiler-y review, so please stop here if you are planning on reading it.

CWs: verbal & emotional abuse, toxic family, violence, blood, wounds, discussions of grief. Death of a child (in the past, discussed). Forced kiss (hero on heroine in the beginning).

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Okay!

The way this romance turned around from me truly wanting to cast Crispin Burke into the fire along with Jane's embroidery, that damn devil, to wanting Jane to cradle his leonine head (I really like that adjective !!!!) in her lap forever was a FEAT.

Forgive my British political ignorance (yes I have a Masters in European History but politics was NOT my strong suit), but Crispin is willing to do anything to become Prime Minister, and per Jane's observations as he works with her truly terrible uncle, Crispin has no morals and no redemptive qualities beyond being beautiful. Heck, she embroiders him as the devil himself. BUT he could be a devil to help her escape marriage to her cousin, knowing her uncle will only use the marriage so he can access her fortune. Jane needs to escape.

Crispin promises to help Jane secure a marriage certificate, even if it is forged, from the archbishop he has in his pocket, but only IF Jane in turn helps him - but reporting any time she hears what she thinks is a name. She hates that she needs Crispin's help, but he isn't wrong, and she compromises her morals to save herself.

Until Crispin is grievously injured doing SOMETHING and looks to be on his death bed; so Jane has the archbishop forge a marriage certificate to Crispin!!!