A question of honor!
Once Dishonored: An Empowering & Thrilling Historical Regency Romance Book (Rogues Redeemed #5) by Mary Jo Putney
All this should have made for a mezmerizing read and yet for me the electricity just wasn't there. The opening scene promised that. A strange woman sweeping into a ton ballroom dressed in black and for some reason the center of the ton's disdain. She's rescued by a gentleman of uncommon empathy.
What follows is a story of Revenge and Second Chances, with strong aspects of women in Abusive Marriages, and the problems surrounding divorce. Themes of friendship and education in 1816 are present with the school, Westerfield Academy, the Rogues attended making a reappearance.
Both Kendra Douglas and Lucas Mandeville, Lord Foxton, have ghosts to bury, the theme being honor.
Kendra, a victim of her husband's perfidy has been divorced under shameful and awful circumstances. But even worse revelations about her husband will be exposed.
Lucas has been the subject of speculation around parole from the French and circumstances that forced him to break that parole. He spent his time making amends, hiding out with a French Franciscan healer, a trained bone setter. I found this part of Lucas' life, his bone setting abilities, that border on gifted, intriguing.
However there were so many themes bouncing around I felt quite giddy.
An interesting read but I didn't quite feel the continuing electricity between Kendra and Lucas that the opening promised.
A Kensington Books ARC via NetGalley
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All this should have made for a mezmerizing read and yet for me the electricity just wasn't there. The opening scene promised that. A strange woman sweeping into a ton ballroom dressed in black and for some reason the center of the ton's disdain. She's rescued by a gentleman of uncommon empathy.
What follows is a story of Revenge and Second Chances, with strong aspects of women in Abusive Marriages, and the problems surrounding divorce. Themes of friendship and education in 1816 are present with the school, Westerfield Academy, the Rogues attended making a reappearance.
Both Kendra Douglas and Lucas Mandeville, Lord Foxton, have ghosts to bury, the theme being honor.
Kendra, a victim of her husband's perfidy has been divorced under shameful and awful circumstances. But even worse revelations about her husband will be exposed.
Lucas has been the subject of speculation around parole from the French and circumstances that forced him to break that parole. He spent his time making amends, hiding out with a French Franciscan healer, a trained bone setter. I found this part of Lucas' life, his bone setting abilities, that border on gifted, intriguing.
However there were so many themes bouncing around I felt quite giddy.
An interesting read but I didn't quite feel the continuing electricity between Kendra and Lucas that the opening promised.
A Kensington Books ARC via NetGalley
***
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