After spending weeks in planning and then finally traveling
in disguise across London in the winter of 1814
unaccompanied, a major scandal if that tidbit ever got out,
Lady Caroline Foster thought she had everything well
planned out. Yet, when the butler inquired as to her name
at the door, she was flummoxed. Finally, when she gets to
see Ian Clayton again, she just knows she can't slide back
into her old role of dutiful daughter. So, despite the
past that had both jointed and divided them, Caro plucks up
her courage and tells him of her fate and her plan.
Jack Clayton, the half-brother of Caro's ex-fiancé, John
Clayton, Viscount Wakefield, is torn. Why had Caro come to
him now? He had pushed that part of life away and didn't
wanted to be pulled by in by Caro's fantasy, yet, the
passion they had once shared together rose too easily from
his loins and he longed to be with her.
Caught between supporting the rigid dictates of their
society and the gruesomeness of Caro's fate, Caro and Ian
push and pull at each other as they dance to a date with
fate and an uncertain future without each other. Then
suddenly, their private dance gets pulled into a vortex of
horror as Caro's mother madly determines that nothing would
derail her own personal vindictive plans. Will the ties
that attached the fated pair be strong enough to withstand
this whirlwind of hatred?
With her excellent research and framing of the story,
Cheryl Holt sets you immediately into a powerful dilemma
faced by members of the London Ton in 1814 where one's
personal will faces the Goliath like will of society to
have its members conform to pre-designated duties and class
fates or be expelled from its graces. As she weaves the
threads of her story together, the author gives a very
human face to all her characters and the dilemmas they face
in this regard. This really made the story for me and kept
me reading on late into the night. Given the unusual dares
and desires being expressed, however, loyal fans of erotic
romance may be a wee disappointed by the almost predictable
nature of the scenes of passion as the lusty Ian Clayton
re-sorts his love triangles. So, while the road to this
romance may be rocky, there are lots of witty gems and good
moments at play that will make this an entertaining read.
From girlhood, Lady Caroline Foster knew what her future
held: marriage to an esteemed viscount, followed by a
dignified high-society life. A sedate existence perhaps, but
certainly preferable to her current state—jilted,
humiliated, and then hastily bartered off to a man old
enough to be her grandfather. Dreading the marriage,
Caroline seeks advice from her ex-fiancé’s illegitimate
brother, whose potent sexuality has always intrigued her…
Ian Clayton can scarcely believe that the woman he’s coveted
from afar is boldly seeking sexual instruction. A true
gentleman would turn her away, but the yearning he feels for
Caroline surpasses anything he’s ever known. Soon their
encounters become more heated, more daring…and more
dangerous. For someone will stop at nothing to end their
illicit affair—and destroy a fantasy that is coming
blissfully, brazenly to life...
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