"An excellent historical romantic suspense!"
Marcus Ashford, seventh Earl of Westfield, has been
assigned to protect Lady Elizabeth Hawthorne, a woman he
had been engaged to years before who jilted him and eloped
with another man. Marcus only knows that he's never gotten
over Elizabeth and wants a second chance to show her that
he's not the womanizing fool that she thinks he is. Elizabeth has a journal of her late husband's that is
written in code and somebody wants it back very badly,
badly enough to hurt and maybe even murder her. She
doesn't know it yet but she has been assigned to Marcus
Ashford to protect her. She is still enamored of Marcus
but refuses to let it go further than that as he is a
womanizer and when she found him in a compromising
situation with another woman, she eloped with another man. Now they have to become very close so he can protect her
to the best of his ability. This makes for some very
interesting situations! Marcus will not be denied this
second chance to make Elizabeth see the error of her ways.
He regrets that he is not the first but he's going to make
sure that he will be her last love. Still she's very
headstrong and this makes it very hard for Marcus but he's
strong and will stop at nothing to make Elizabeth is for
all time while keeping her safe. Sylvia Day not only writes a 'squirm in your seat' hot
historical but one that intrigues the reader to read this
book until completion. She leads you down a winding path
until you don't know who the villain is and then at the
last minute springs a huge surprise on your unsuspecting
reading self! Well done, Ms. Day. I will be looking
forward to more of your historicals and your
contemporaries as well!
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 21, 2007
SummaryEngland, 1770. Beneath the silk and lace of London
society lies a secret, elite organization of spies.
Protecting the Crown from its enemies is hazardous, but for
Marcus Ashford, protecting his heart from an unyielding
passion is the far greater peril...
A MATTER OF DANGEROUS INTRIGUE...
As an agent to the Crown, Marcus Ashford, the Earl of
Westfield, has fought numerous sword fights, been shot
twice, and dodged more than any man's fair share of cannon
fire. And yet nothing excites him more than the primitive
hunger his former fiancé, Elizabeth, arouses. Years ago,
she'd jilted him for the boyishly charming Lord Hawthorne.
But now, the elegant widow is his to defend, and he will do
so while tending to her other, more carnal needs, showing
her the depth of a real man's desire...
...AND UNDENIABLE PLEASURE
Dangerous secrets led to the murder of Lady Hawthorne's
husband. Secrets she now holds in a diary many would kill to
obtain. But to entrust herself to the protection of the most
seductive man she's ever known? Outrageous. Unthinkable.
Irresistible. For it was Marcus's strong passions and
burning desire that frightened her into abandoning him years
ago—and her answering craving has never waned. Now, he
means to be at her service, in every sense. And perhaps the
only sensible course isn't to resist temptation, but to
surrender to it completely...
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