The Unsociable Duke Adores His New Wife

This review contains spoilers. Very nice loving story. When an unconscious childhood encounter and love becomes an unexpected turn of fate.

This review contains spoilers. So, I read this because of all the reviews saying it was cute, and to a degree it was a short and sweet romance with a childhood "first love" and mistaken identity subplot. However, the male lead's obsession gets sorta rapey halfway through. I'm mostly talking about the carriage ride scene where he's feeling abandoned and jealous so he forces her into sex as a reminder that she's "his". It wasn't done out of malice, but it wasn't from a good place either. Maybe that's something people find hot, but it gave me the ick and changed how I viewed his character. He calls the crown prince a malicious brat, but at least the prince didn't force himself on his wife even when given the chance (which would have made him a pedophile regardless). Long and short is, if you're OK with questionable consent or domineering sex that's used almost punitively, then you might think this deserves more stars. His inability to control his jealousy knocked my rating down a lot. It was ok, but I can't find the lead that charming.