I just finished the duke I tempted ! The one before the earl I ruined. I agree that you didn’t need to read it first before the other, but Candace is still a very vibrant part of this book, so MAYBE if it was read first she wouldn’t be so iffy in the next? ||But for this book I say contract negotiations haven’t been this sexy since Tom severin. And the insults as foreplay - chefs kiss. As usual, I wanted to mildly punch both characters for being stupid and not talking, but archer would have liked that so