It's funny how an author can give us a glimpse of a character that tells us one thing, but can later dig deep and make us see the character as something else. That's what Lorelei James did with Harlow. In past books she was referenced by her sister, and even portrayed by herself, as a rich snob. This book could have fallen apart if not handled correctly. We, as readers, had to believe our first impression of Harlow was incorrect. We had to believe that the author didn't just rewrite history but that it was intentional. Well kudos to Miss James because I believe she did what she set out to do.

The beginning of this book has a lot of flashbacks so we can see where Harlow and Hugh are coming from...how their relationship (or lack thereof) got to where it is now. At first I wasn't sure I was going to like that. Yet it's this device that helps us to see that the glimpses we got of Harlow in past books was not what we had thought. Plus, it helped the reader to see that Hugh knew there was more to her than she was letting others see at that point.

One of the things that bothered me a bit, I couldn't really remember the character of Harley. Although we get to see why she is huffy toward Harlow, it was mentioned by another character that there was something about her that wasn't to be trusted. On top of all of that she is a cheater! Am I forgetting something from a past book? I haven't read the 1001 Dark Stories part of this series as they seem to be more novellas and fillers so didn't seem necessary...plus my library does not have them. I went back to see if I missed her (Harley's) story but it didn't seem like I had. So whenever Harley was in a scene it kind of took me out of the story since I was trying to figure out where she came from and how she factored into the grand scheme of things.

So now I've finally caught up to this series and I'm in the bad position of having to not just having to wait my turn on the library waiting list for a book, but actually have to wait for the book to be published. Boo!