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Captive of Sin

Captive of Sin, November 2009
by Anna Campbell

Avon
Featuring: Sir Gideon Trevithick; Lady Charis Weston
384 pages
ISBN: 0061684287
EAN: 9780061684289
Mass Market Paperback
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"An emotional and beautifully uplifting Regency romance with wonderful characterization."

Fresh Fiction Review

Captive of Sin
Anna Campbell

Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted November 13, 2009

Romance Historical

After receiving a severe beating from her step-brothers, Lady Charis slips out of their country estate and flees for her life. Her step-brothers will stop at nothing to obtain her vast fortune. Charis hides in a horse stall at an inn, utterly exhausted and needing to rest her painfully bruised body. A stranger discovers her and comes to her rescue. Frightened to reveal her true identity, Charis tells half- truths and accepts his help. Sir Gideon Trevithick, dubbed the Hero of Rangapindhi, accepts the accolades and hides the physical and mental damage done by his captors in India. The unwarranted hero worship threatens what remains of his sanity. He departs, desperate to obtain isolation and sanctuary at his Cornwall estate. His journey is interrupted when he finds an abused woman in the stables. Her tale has many missing parts, but Gideon abhors bullies who attack women. He offers to share his sanctuary with her. Charis sees the torment that engulfs Gideon and she wants to comfort him. The barriers Gideon has built are high and his scars run deep. He rebukes Charis at every turn, but she is determined to break through the walls surrounding Gideon. Charis has fallen in love with Gideon and refuses to give up on him. Ms. Campbell understands the workings and emotions of the soul and beautifully captures it with her writings. She draws readers into the characters' intense level of emotional despair and into their gradual ascent into healing, hope and love.

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SUMMARY

He pledged his honor to keep her safe . . . Returning home to Cornwall after an unspeakable tragedy, Sir Gideon Trevithick comes upon a defiant beauty in danger and vows to protect her whatever the cost. He's dismayed to discover that she's none other than Lady Charis Weston, England's wealthiest heiress — and that the only way to save her from the violent stepbrothers determined to steal her fortune is to wed her himself! Now Gideon must hide the dark secrets of his life from the bride he desires more with every heartbeat. She promised to show him how to love—and desire—again . . . Charis has heard all about Gideon, the dangerously handsome hero with the mysterious past. She's grateful for his help but utterly unwilling to endure a marriage of convenience — especially to a man whose touch leaves her breathless. Desperate to drive him mad with passion, she would do anything to make Gideon lose control — and fall captive to irresistible, undeniable sin.

Excerpt

“There is one alternative.” Gideon’s tone was neutral, artificially so, Charis thought. His eyes didn’t waver from her face. “We could get married. For one radiant moment, joy flared inside her. Married… She rose and took an unsteady step toward him. “Gideon…” she began as wild happiness exploded in her breast. His troubled expression halted her in her tracks and reminded her of his pain when she’d told him she loved him. She sucked in a tremulous breath and looked at him properly. Her glittering palace of hope disintegrated. The hands that had risen toward him fell back to her sides and formed fists of anguish. “What’s this about?” she asked in a flinty voice. He shifted away from the windows, back toward the fire. He stopped before her, still too far away to touch. Of course. “It’s the obvious solution, Charis.” An unexpected moment to realize he’d started to use her real name naturally. He spread his gloved hands as if appealing to her to see things his way. “If we’re wed, I have a husband’s legal rights.” Since she’d met him, becoming his wife had been a hopeless dream. Now he proposed and she wanted to run away and cry her eyes out. Because he married her to save her, not because he wanted her as his life companion, the woman in his bed, the mother of his children. “You said you’d never marry. Never have a family.” Her lips felt as if they were made of wood. “That’s changed?” “No.” He held himself rigid as a soldier on parade. His voice was implacable. “It will be a marriage in name only.”


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