The plot of Notorious is good. The forced marriage and the misunderstandings, followed by some dangerous event which ends up bringing everyone to a happy ever after. Drusilla has an unrequited love with her friend’s stepbrother Gabriel but when they are forced to marry to save Drusilla’s reputation, she decides to keep her love for Gabriel a secret. The back and forth banter was always leading up to some passion but somehow it always ended up being dampened. Over time Gabriel did try to build a friendship but Drusilla was always turning away. She did eventually warm up towards him. I did feel like the misunderstandings got dragged out when the two main characters just needed to communicate with each other, but things did eventually get resolved. The book was well written. The settings were realistic and appropriate for the time.