I think this quote from Marcus, Lord Westcliff, in Devil in Winter, pondering the mystery of Evie and Sebastian’s romance, explains it best.

Being ignored and mistreated only fostered her social anxieties further, we have seen in the previous books that when the other Wallflowers have paid her attention she lost her stammer and started to blossom and in this book she really comes into her own. Well, after reading It Happened One Autumn and seeing how she transformed Marcus, Lord Westcliff from a stuffy, uptight arrogant know-it-all, into a sexy, to-die-for-hero, I should've had a little faith--I totally fell for St. In a way it all makes sense, she would gravitate towards overbearing assholes, while he enjoys being one AND getting praise for being a little better than her fucked-up family.In exchange for the freedom to care for her father during the final days of his life and a small stipend for her to live on, Sebastian will get Evie's entire fortune when her father passes. Sebastian has just enough self-control, self-involvement, and desperation to make him a very interesting character. He is desperate enough to attempt to kidnap a friend of Evie’s to force her to marry him (the previous book in the series). I also think that this story may have stirred up some personal issues (a very rare thing), and out of a sense of fairness to an author I've admired for a long time, I wanted to make sure that I didn't penalize the book/author due to my own objectivity being somewhat clouded by my personal prejudices.

This time rather than our Wallflower falling for a hard-working man who makes an “honest” living, we have Lord St Vincent – previously perhaps the foppiest fop of them all – finally finding a much-needed purpose to previously empty life and curing his idle nature. Nothing will surpass the love I feel for THEN CAME YOU, though: Alex, Lord Wolverton is the OG of Lisa Kleypas love interests. I've always loved the stammering, shy, yet beautiful red-headed 'Wallflower' character of Evie Jenner, and could hardly wait to read her story. This imperfect, extraordinary, passionate man was hers, his heart given over completely to her safekeeping.Evie knew perhaps better than anyone what it was like to live in desperate solitude … yearning for connection, for completeness. I will say, I do think this went on a little too long and got dragged out by the end, but I loved Sebastian's journey towards loving Evie and how Evie was so confident and strong-willed around Sebastian. He's the perfect example of a character who you might find sexually attractive but would make a sh*tty boyfriend. She was accustomed to being underestimated, ignored, overlooked … and he sensed that she would turn it to her advantage whenever possible.

We always endeavor not to give away endings or major plot twists in either our synopses or reviews, however they may occasionally contain information which some readers might consider to be mild spoilers. A. Corey: Re-reading Books 1 to 4 December 23, 2023 Bunny by Mona Awad – 5-Star Book Review and Analysis!Both characters have real, meaningful growth that is actually based on an emotional connection and that makes this easily the most romantic book of the series. Even his words in cruelty (which there were several) to the heroine were essentially protective of him or her.