Avon
Featuring: Lady Helen Ravenel; Rhys Winterborne
416 pages ISBN: 0062371851 EAN: 9780062371850 Kindle: B0151VATDA Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
MARRYING WINTERBORNE is Book two in the Ravenels
series
by Lisa Kleypas. Kleypas gives a little recap on
what transpired between the hero and heroine at the end
of the previous book, so readers who may be new to the
series should still be able to follow and appreciate
MARRYING WINTERBORNE. As a longtime fan of Kleypas'
historical romances, I was delighted to find that she
hasn't lost her touch in creating heroes to die for.
Rhys Winterborne is another of Lisa Kleypas' classic
working-class heroes. The same drive and determination
Rhys has when it comes to building his business, he also
applies to wooing and winning the woman whom he is
enchanted by and devoted to. One of the things I love
about Rhys is that no matter how in control he is in his
business dealings, his unexpected and sincere feelings
for Lady Helen Ravenel knock him off center and he has no
trouble expressing himself to her. It's hard to resist a
man with both strength, and a willingness to be frank
with the woman he adores about how much he loves her, and
to make himself vulnerable to her in that way. Although
Helen is perhaps meeker than Rhys, they make a great
match and provide what each of them needs most. I like
that her relationship with Rhys spurs Helen to be a bit
more assertive than she had been in the past. The
intimacy between Rhys and Helen is a wonderful mix of
tenderness and heady eroticism.
The villain in MARRYING WINTERBORNE has a casual cruelty
and makes a great contrast when compared to the hero.
This villain is a taker and is described with all the
iciness and moral decay of a vampire. Rhys, by
comparison, is a man who takes an interest in his fellow
man apart from just self-interest. Helen develops a spine
of steel and is shown to be just as much of a fierce
protector as Rhys. I love how Helen's family sticks
together and offers her strength in her time of need --
particularly her sisters. MARRYING WINTERBORNE is a story
with a wide array of strong and varied female characters.
MARRYING WINTERBORNE has everything you crave in a hero,
an enchanting romance, and women who rock. and I look
forward to reading about characters like Devon's younger
brother West, Helen's younger sisters and the force of
nature that is Dr. Garrett Gibson in future books. Once
again Lisa Kleypas reigns supreme.
Savage ambition has brought
common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In
business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And
from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen
Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take
her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better . .
.
A sheltered beauty
Helen has had
little contact with the glittering, cynical world of London
society. Yet Rhys’s determined seduction awakens an intense
mutual passion. Helen’s gentle upbringing belies a stubborn
conviction that only she can tame her unruly husband. As
Rhys’s enemies conspire against them, Helen must trust him
with her darkest secret. The risks are unthinkable . . . the
reward, a lifetime of incomparable bliss. And it all begins
with…
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