This book has been a disappointment on several levels. However, the one shining light was the information on how the Irish Question was posed and debated in England. That aspect was very interesting and informative. The rest of the book, not so much.

Suffragette info is a boring dud for me. I just wanted to let you know that I am not interested in the subject. Cece standing up, giving a great speech, and giving the hecklers "what for" was so unlikely as to make the scene impossible. And what 'lady' engaged in marital relations before marriage and didn't worry about a baby? This story made no sense.

Rupert was just plain stupid. The intimate scenes were beyond what I wanted to know and seemed impossible to believe. However, I have to save my real scorn for the family dynamic. Cece's father and Rupert's mother married each other after years of intimate life together. They seem surprised that the family discusses intimate details at the breakfast table.

I don't care one way or the other about the book's final outcome. I was horrified by the extensive use of foul language in a Regency novel., I'm not impressed with the author's writing skills. The last couple of chapters crossed the line of a Regency narrative (check out the mustaches). I dumped the rest of the Merry Farmer books I have -- unread.

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