Most romance novels end "happily ever after," but you never get to see what that "ever after" is like. This, in fact, is a huge criticism of the genre -- that they are all about the infatuation and formative stages of the relationship, but never show the reality of an ongoing relationship.
Your Wicked Ways was surprisingly different. It begins after Helene and Rees have been estranged for years. They eloped when they were young, and promptly found that neither was suited for marriage (this being a Regency romance, mind you). With lots of hurt feelings all around, they separated.
Now Helene has decided that she wants a child, and when she discovers that she has her pick of gentlemen to have an affair with, Rees steps in and demands that she have the child with him. He insists that she move back into his house, but unfortunately for Helene, refuses to make his mistress move out as part of the bargain.
It turns out that part of the reason for their separation was that he was pretty lousy in bed, and neither of them realized that was why their sex life sucked. Helene and Rees eventually remember that when they first eloped, it was because they loved each other, even if they had no clue what to do in the bedroom, so they learn to fix that.
The fact that Your Wicked Ways is about not only repairing longtime problem relationship, but about two people who really have no clue what to do in the bedroom, makes it stand out as fairly original. (Usually the hero has oodles of natural skill in that area, enough to make up for the heroine's innocence.) The side story, about Rees's brother Tom, was fun too. Definitely a good romance novel to pick up if you want something a little different!
