Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This has been sitting in my TBR pile for years. I must have had a sixth sense warning me to avoid it, but I decided that, as I had bought it, there was a need to read it. Having done so, I'm flabbergasted by the many positive reviews. The original scam is laughable. The ease with which the H is forced to marry the h is ridiculous, as is the timing of getting a special licence. The forced consummation and splendiferous moaning of the h's name had me in fits of laughter. The naive and dishonest h causes a noble man to be assassinated and the H has only a momentary qualm before pining for her again? (Bolen devotes more time to him getting het up by the attention she receives from and shows to other men, even though he admires and relies on the agent she causes to be killed. I don't think so! ) The East End visits are contrived and implausible. The rescue trip to France is even more so. The h is a gullible and dishonest and traitorous twit. The H is supposedly responsible for many of England's victories against Napoleon. Once again, I don't think so. When he isn't being ridiculously manipulated by his wife he is behaving like a petulant ass. And his remorse for the jealousy that was undeserved is about two sentences long. Ridiculous. ETA The two stars are for the cover (which I love) plus Bolen's competent grasp of syntax and spelling, which are not always present in current HRs.