The conflict is not credible. The hero and heroine are separate for too much of the story. Kelsey is far the more interesting of the two leads, and since most of us need a complex hero to connect with, the book does not satisfy at the most basic level either. Then too, the resolution to their dilemma is another let-down. When Derek discovers who Kelsey really is and Kelsey realizes what she did was for naught, this book went sailing across the room.
Family romances that are spread out over several books can be wonderful reading.
Authors can utilize those family members and their relationships to illuminate and brighten the relationship of the lead characters. You Love Me . Perhaps the author should have focused on the love between Derek's father and the housekeeper and made Derek and Kelsey secondary characters. Now, that would have been interesting. Johanna Lindsey used to write two paperbacks a year.