This wasn’t a bad story except for the details. Details are so important and even when they don’t seem like a big deal they ruin the story when so many of them are blatantly obviously wrong. The house had been empty for 10 years and covered in dust but the “rough” cottage still had a perfectly made and clean bed for them to sleep in? It was cold enough to snow but she was naked inside the cottage without a source of heat and it was fine? And he was still fully clothed in his cold weather outerwear while she was completely naked in a house without heat while he “swived” her? What an unpleasant word. Thomas had unhitched the horses and had taken care of them himself but then they were still hitched up and an unbeknownst boy had only watered them? Her husband had preferred turkey for Christmas dinner even though there are no turkeys in England? The author commented about the Christmas carol at the end. Too bad she didn’t acknowledge the rest of the mistakes in the book or just fix them before she had it published. There were probably more but these stood out the most to me. Completely ruined the whole story for me.