Sometimes I love dramatic angsty books, and sometimes I love books like this: really good people who are making the best choices they can. She doesn’t insist on her own way - even if Kier does consider her fondly as “bossy”. Strong and independent, she also understands sacrifice and compromise. At the same time, he isn’t a pushover who takes all his cues from her. Indeed, he treats her with respect and talks to her. He is respectful to Merritt and even when he doesn’t see a future for them, he is not dismissive of her thoughts. Kier is just adorable (who doesn’t love a Scotsman who is hardworking and responsible and a big handsome man). Perhaps life and society and villains might try and keep them apart, but they are decent and kind to one another.

The story warmed my heart as most of the conflicts were external and these are just two really good people. The romance is luscious, incredibly sexy, but also has a sweetness and loveliness that I really enjoyed. In many ways, this is the story about family, and I loved how the couple here is supported and loved by the families in the story. One this I loved about it was its context. At the same time, someone seems determined to kill Kier. Merritt, on the other hand, knows from experience that regrets are corrosive. But the class differences between them weigh heavily on Kier who does his best to keep his distance from the tempting widow. From the moment the two meet there is something between them. THE STORY: Lady Merritt Sterling, a widow, is running her husband’s business when she meets Kier MacRae, a Scottish distiller. Kleypas does so much was characters who are entirely likable and yet make the romance compelling. It had been as unlike anything that had happened in his life before, as it would be from anything that came after.”įINAL DECISION: I guessed the twist in this one almost immediately, but I loved it anyway because this is a wonderful story of two people who fall in love and the plot is almost superfluous. “He would relive that kiss in a thousand dreams. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.ĭevil in Disguise (The Ravenels, #7) by Lisa Kleypas

Sebastian agrees and eventually they find that they not only can tolerate each other, but fall in love.I received this book for free from Netgalley in order to prepare an honest review. Vincent, a man who is so desperate to marry wealth that he kidnapped one of the other 'Wallflowers' to try to force a marriage. Her plan is to propose marriage to the notorious, debauched, and amoral Sebastian, Lord St. Her father has recently died leaving her a fortune, her mother's family is determined that Evie will marry her revolting cousin and she fears for her life once the marriage takes place. Evie Jenner, daughter of the notorious gambling club owner Ivo Jenner, is the most shy of the 'Wallflowers' and the most desperate.

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