Stolen lives redeemed!
In the Dark with the Duke (Lost Lords #2) by Christi Caldwell
I am so caught up in the Lost Lord series. I love it. This latest novel is another winner. Here we have I am so caught up in the Lost Lord series. I love it. This latest novel is another winner. Here we have Hugh Savage, the Savage Gentleman, a ferocious bare knuckled fighter involved in these vicious matches from childhood, starting on the road to salvation. Not through being a reinstated kidnapped child of the peerage, but through the actions of a woman, Lady Lila March, a recluse of eight years, living in the shadows of night, an agoraphobic, who turns to him to help free herself from her fears. Her's has been a stolen life!
I love this trope, the flawed hero, and the damaged heroine, coming together and in the process, despite setbacks, being the agent of healing for each other. And Caldwell has so upend the dramatic ante! Sigh! Savage, the Savage Gentleman, a ferocious bare knuckled fighter involved in these vicious matches from childhood, starting on the road to salvation. Not through being a reinstated kidnapped child of the peerage, but through the actions of a woman, Lady Lila March, a recluse of eight years, living in the shadows of night, who turns to him to help free herself from her fears.
I love this trope, the flawed hero, and the damaged heroine, coming together and in the process, despite setbacks, being the agent of healing for each other. And Caldwell has so upaped the dramatic ante! Sigh!
That both harbour secrets their ashamed of, that both have crossed paths (even here I'm unsure if this is at a distance, or is there a hint here of something closer--maybe that becomes the reader's privilege) and both are now at a confluence, an intersection that if they allow, will change their lives.
Hugh has survivor's guilt and punishes himself for circumstances that happened during his childhood that were outside of his ability to control. Nevertheless he's trapped in that guilt. His co-owners of the fight club have their own agenda, one that in the end will destroy Hugh unless he breaks free. First however, he has to want to. Lila becomes the light that will guide him out of that dark place, if he can but follow.
Tracking this group of stolen children stories is becoming a must read for me.
A tartly, bitter sweet read!
A Montlake Romance ARC via NetGalley
*****
I am so caught up in the Lost Lord series. I love it. This latest novel is another winner. Here we have I am so caught up in the Lost Lord series. I love it. This latest novel is another winner. Here we have Hugh Savage, the Savage Gentleman, a ferocious bare knuckled fighter involved in these vicious matches from childhood, starting on the road to salvation. Not through being a reinstated kidnapped child of the peerage, but through the actions of a woman, Lady Lila March, a recluse of eight years, living in the shadows of night, an agoraphobic, who turns to him to help free herself from her fears. Her's has been a stolen life!
I love this trope, the flawed hero, and the damaged heroine, coming together and in the process, despite setbacks, being the agent of healing for each other. And Caldwell has so upend the dramatic ante! Sigh! Savage, the Savage Gentleman, a ferocious bare knuckled fighter involved in these vicious matches from childhood, starting on the road to salvation. Not through being a reinstated kidnapped child of the peerage, but through the actions of a woman, Lady Lila March, a recluse of eight years, living in the shadows of night, who turns to him to help free herself from her fears.
I love this trope, the flawed hero, and the damaged heroine, coming together and in the process, despite setbacks, being the agent of healing for each other. And Caldwell has so upaped the dramatic ante! Sigh!
That both harbour secrets their ashamed of, that both have crossed paths (even here I'm unsure if this is at a distance, or is there a hint here of something closer--maybe that becomes the reader's privilege) and both are now at a confluence, an intersection that if they allow, will change their lives.
Hugh has survivor's guilt and punishes himself for circumstances that happened during his childhood that were outside of his ability to control. Nevertheless he's trapped in that guilt. His co-owners of the fight club have their own agenda, one that in the end will destroy Hugh unless he breaks free. First however, he has to want to. Lila becomes the light that will guide him out of that dark place, if he can but follow.
Tracking this group of stolen children stories is becoming a must read for me.
A tartly, bitter sweet read!
A Montlake Romance ARC via NetGalley
*****
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