I wanted to like this book, I really did. I love a good second chance romance but this didn't hit the mark. I couldn't get over the betrayal of Willa's brothers. Domestic jilted her and publicly humiliated her and they remain friends with Dom and have the gall to orchestrate their reconciliation? Nope! I wasn't having it. And even when both Willa and Dom came to the realisation they were using each other to prove something to society, I never really got over my ick with Dom and Willa's brothers. Dom calling Willa "princess" only exacerbated the ick as well. I can barely tolerate it in contemporary romance let alone historical. Overall, an okay read but not one of Eva Leigh's best.

The slow burn romance with the spice of books you expect from a mills and boon novel.
I did enjoy the characters moodiness and I found myself drawn in so much to the story that It was a fast read for me.

2.5 stars
This is a second chance romance with forced proximity. I thought Dom and Willa were interesting characters and the first half of the book was promising - the tension and the build up around the uncertainty of the future of their relationship was great.

The second half of the book didn’t really follow on from the first half. The conflict all but disappeared in a haze of sex, an unbelievable number of orgasms and a sprinkle of BDSM.
Even though I was generally able to follow the story, there were some elements that appear to have been carried over from earlier books in the series and weren’t revealed till the end so I was a tad confused.

This was overall an ok read; I think using sex to resolve their relationship insecurities did not do the story justice in the end.

Thank you NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

After being left at the altar by the one person she thought she could trust, and discovering that her brother's were in with the jilting, Lady Willa Ransome vowed that no one would ever know the pain she felt. Leaving for the continent to lick her wounds, she's now home, and ready to ignore Dom. However, when they find themselves both trapped on a remote Scottish island, with only a few friends and family members for company, they can't avoid each other forever, and secrets from their past are bound to come out.

I loved this book! I mean, I do love anything that Eva writes, but second chance romances, particularly after there's been such a build up to their tale. Dom and Willa may have been from different social classes, but after Dom's father gained wealth, and the families became close, the pair became really close. It was if they were each other's perfect partner, and together they could be their true selves. Willa did not want to be a lady, and enjoyed her time where the pressure of the ton and social interaction was not on her head. And for Dom, being in the limelight, expected to be a gentleman always, was tough. He suffered greatly in his childhood, and worked on the dockside to help support his family. He had done things that haunted him, and he loved Willa too much to risk her suffering because of it. I liked that they eventually talked about their past, and their worries. They didn't hide the hurt, and bolstered each other once they had breached each other's walls. There were also moments of humour and wit, and this perfectly concluded the series. Another fantastic book from Eva, and I'm desperate to see what she has in store for readers next!

Review for NetGalley:
A second chance, historical romance, this novel focuses on Dom and Willa as they are thrown together on a remote Scottish island.

I really enjoy second chance romances and I like the slow-burn of their relationship as they reconnect. I also liked the mystery elements to Dom’s backstory and it would have been nice if this was slightly more developed.

The pacing is generally good and it’s a quick read. However, personally I wasn’t a huge fan of the use of profanity as it felt a bit too modern for the setting. Equally, I didn’t love that the heroine is constantly referred to as ‘princess’ and ‘lioness’ - it just started to wear a bit.

A fun read, but I’m probably not going to read the previous books in the series.

The book had the edge of an Agatha Christie, with the party trapped on a far off Scottish island. Dom is moody and tough and broken whilst Willa is bruised and fighting. The elements batter the island and it sounds beautiful. The book has some great sex scenes and the brothers are witty and add to the tale.

Loved Willa and Dom's story - both are great characters and the book was beautifully written. Couldn't put it down.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review..

It took me a few chapters to get into this but god once I did I was hooked! Dom and Willa have such chemistry - the romance was swoonworthy, the sex was absolutely filthy in the best way, and the ending was just perfect. Leigh's prose flows like music, it's delightful to read.

The only thing I would have liked would have been a little more introduction to the characters at the beginning - I know it's the third in the series but I went into it having not read the other two and found the first chapter or two a little hard to follow. Perhaps that's my fault not Eva Leigh's, but in any case I would have liked it.

Rounding up to a 4.5.

Having read the first two books in the series on audiobook, giving them three stars and a generally 'meh' response, my hopes for 'A Rogue's Rules for Seduction' were at moderate levels going in. But whenever I read a really good book, there's a sensation I get within the first couple chapters. I'm getting sucked in, fully invested in their story. And now I've discovered a new trope I love - second chance romance where they kind of hate each other little bit. Who'd have guessed?

I loved this book. It was funny, it was entertaining and it didn't spend so much time setting up the relationships and the central couple because we'd learned so much about them in books one and two. That's what made this book that much better than its predecessors. Being trapped on a Scottish island - add in a smidge of forced proximity - and it meant we got lots of tension and drama. I sort of wish the setting and surroundings had been developed a bit further so we got more of a variety of chemistry scenes between the main couple, but that's me being very picky.

I knocked off half a star because it took just a smidge too long for my taste for the actual relationship to get moving - and Willa was starting to irritate me with the amount of times she'd kiss him and then run away going 'no wait I hate you we can't'. But when these two got going - THEY GOT GOING. HOO BOY. If you are looking for spice, you're going to need to read this with a glass of milk nearby or there will be smoke coming out of your ears. This was STEAMY. I really appreciated that it wasn't vanilla missionary the whole time and that both of them had some level of experience (one more than the other). There's a whole sequence where they get trapped in a cabin during a storm and...I needed a lie-down afterwards. Eva Leigh knows how to do sex scenes. I usually don't go for the 'enormous man' thing, but I understand it more now.

This is such a satisfying conclusion to the series and really, the pinnacle of the whole trilogy. It's novel like these that now spoil the tamer, PG-13 romance novels that are out there when I pick them - and I think my reading is a lot better for it.

The best of the series in my opinion. A solid 3.5. I wasn’t initially too interested in reading this because I didn’t particularly like the hero, Dom, in the previous books; he just came across as a big, surly grump with no discernible personality. But I am glad I gave it a go because this book is a lot of fun. We are now privy to Dom’s internal monologues and motivations and I find his POV compelling, in part because he occupies a liminal space between his working class roots and the privileged lifestyle his father’s riches now afford him. This is different from most historical romance heroes, who are in either one camp or the other (usually the latter one), and it’s a refreshing perspective from which to view 19th century English society. Also, he’s a big softie where the heroine is concerned and this is extremely endearing.

It’s interesting to watch Dom and Willa slowly become aware of how little they really knew one another during their courtship and engagement a year ago, and how much they value coming to know each other at a deeper level during the forced proximity of the house party at a remote estate on a far-flung Scottish island. The protagonists from the previous two books acting as scheming matchmakers was just delightful, and it feels like seeing old friends again after reading the first two books in the series. Kieran getting emotional at the end of the book made me “awww” out loud on the train. The house party itself was definitely a step up from the usual staid offerings; I would accept with alacrity any invitation Longbridge cared to extend. And much is made of how big the hero’s thighs are, and I got a real kick out of this fetishisation, haha.

There were a few things that didn’t work for me. The use of crude language during sex scene dialogue is probably supposed to ratchet up the steam, but to me it just feels like the book is trying too hard. This language doesn’t always seem organic to the characters and it kind of takes me out of the moment. Also, the more orgasms the heroine has, the less impactful each one is for the reader. “Yeah, yeah, another one”. The writing style is not particularly polished and the exposition often comes across as clunky. It’s not subtle writing; the reader is not asked to do any work thinking or interpreting a character’s perceptions or actions. But that is not unusual for this genre, and overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone with a passing interest in the series.

The last book of the series is Dom and Willas story, an enemies to lovers troupe. In the first book they were to be wed but it didn't go ahead and Willa fled. This was the reason around the books that Dom and the Ransome brothers need to be married within a year or loose their inheritance. There was just Dom left to be wed.

This book is set during a party, on an isolated island. I loved how they were cut off with no escape and were practically forced, on purpose, to spend time in each others company. It was nice to go into each others background and find out why they were not ready for marriage before. I enjoyed this book and like the previous books it does get quite spicy.

Dom left Willa devastated at the altar and when they meet again the old feelings overcome her anger at his rejection. He has such a low opinion of himself and it takes a heart to heart discussion and a remote cabin for them to rewrite their story. Well written

I'm so glad I decided to finish the series out. This is definitely the best one. After not loving the previous books I still wanted to read this as I know I like the authors writing.

This felt more of a character study. I usually like for there to be more plot but the pacing of this one worked really well. Dom is a giant cinnamon roll and I love that he was fully self aware of his own mistakes. It took me longer to warm to Willa as I don't think we got to know her as well through the series but in the end her journey was so well done. There was a lot of character development, banter and the smut scenes were great.

I really enjoyed this story and it had a well-developed storyline that had a focus on the second chance at romance

I thought that the characters were well developed and had great personalities. It was a fun story that was romantic and sexy.

It is 4 stars from me for this one, highly recommended and a really enjoyable story!