I really enjoyed this! I thought I loved the previous two 12 Dukes of Christmas books but nope, this one’s my favorite. Where Erica Ridley shines is creating characters that are interesting and unique and that grab you from the first page and make you root for them. Olive and Eli and their fathers were so real and vivid and leapt off the page. They were believable and sympathetic and I was rooting for them the whole time.
I love everything about this novel. I love how competent Olive is and how she knows her worth (as far as running a horse farm is concerned). I love how Eli dreads horses and wants nothing but to be left alone to study botany and discover cures for childbed fever. I love how they’re drawn to one another despite being sworn enemies. I even love their fathers’ feuding and manipulations.
All of it was grand and made for an extremely satisfying romance. Five enthusiastic stars from me!
*Thanks to Erica Ridley, NetGalley, and WebMotion for providing an e-arc to review.
Whimsical Dragonette 
Loved this one as well!
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