First, I must commend Ms. Featherstone on her newest
creation! The Guardian Brethren series has officially
started off with a bang! The story was spicy, hot, and
refreshingly new. I thought that the plot and the twists
and turns that came with mythical objects made it all the
more exciting. Of course, the steaming hot romance between
Isabella and Black sweetened the deal for me. I loved the
little facts of the Templar Knights and the use of legends
that were used in the story. Isabella was a wonderfully
written character, very life-like and appealing as a strong
woman in a time when woman just didn't do the things that
she does. Black was the ultimate man -- mysterious, dark,
dangerous, and extremely sexy. The added allure was that
Black and Isabella's relationship seemed to leap off the
pages!
Isabella Fairmont has known hardship, growing up the
bastard daughter of a 'worldly' woman she knows that lust
is dangerous and can destroy any who dares to touch it.
Since the horrible tragedy, Isabella has been living with
her Uncle and her dearest cousin Lucy. Swept into the life
of a lady that she is not, Isabella's only escape has
become her writing. Keeping her mother's scandalous
relations foremost in her life, Isabella longs for a
marriage of convenience. One where she can control her
thoughts, her actions, and most importantly the passion
that she fears is hidden inside. She cannot, however, seem
to help her inner most mind and the workings of her
writing. When Isabella holds the pen her passion seems to
leap onto the pages creating a world that allows her
freedoms that her own life never can. When her latest hero
has all but leapt off the pages and into her real life,
Isabella knows that more than just her virtue is at stake.
Her very heart, her very world is about to crumble.
For the Earl of Black, scandal seems to be his middle name.
Having escaped one scandal years past, he has turned himself
into something of a recluse. Black longs to hide himself
away from the world that scarred him. As a member
of the Templar Knights, and more secretly one of the three
members of the Brethren Guardians, Black must remain
mysterious, anonymous, and aloof. Unfortunately, Black has
just one regret that he cannot seem to put behind him; the
woman he cannot seem to forget. A beauty that will not
leave his mind, his senses, and maybe his very soul. It
appears that Black is to be tempted beyond his own powers
by the beauty who now resides next door. Her very scent
tantalizes him into action, coming out into society, and
possibly making a fool of himself in his attempt at
seduction.
Ms. Featherstone has the phenomenal ability to transport me
into another time and place with each of her books.
Ultimately I loved the story line and the characters in
this book. I felt that Isabella and Black's story was at a
completion; while the plot was still up in the air. I find
that I am lying in wait for the next addition of this
remarkable series.
With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down,
Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage—even if a
passionless one. She saves her deepest desires for the novel
she dares to pen, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers
seduces her. But then her courtship with an appropriate
suitor is threatened by the sudden attentions of the
reclusive Earl of Black…whose pale blue eyes and brooding
sensuality are exactly as she described in her book.
Isabella tries to resist the mysterious Earl of Black.
Yet as he pursues her, with inexplicable knowledge of her
past and kisses that consume her, Isabella fears she will
succumb.
If only the earl could tell Isabella the truth. With very
real, and treacherous, thieves endangering her life, Black
will need to protect Isabella from the very people she
trusts the most….
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