Revenge is sweet until it breaks your heart.Falsely accused of stealing, Faith is given two choices: Fend for herself on the streets of London, or become indentured to Madame Chambon, the ruthless proprietor of London’s most exclusive brothel.In order to survive, Faith submits to the machinations of a mysterious benefactress and begins a new life under Madame Chambon’s roof. However, she does not … Chambon’s roof. However, she does not live like the other girls.
Rather, she’s taught the theory of how to entrance London’s noble gentlemen with her learning in philosophy, politics and art.
Her body is to be saved for the greatest enticement of all: revenge.
Faith doesn’t care what she has to do. She lives only to fulfil a bargain that will set her free.
But when Faith is recruited as the muse of a talented, sensitive painter whose victory in a prestigious art competition turns them both into celebrities overnight, she discovers the reasons behind her mission are very different from what she’d been led to believe.
Now she is complicit in something dark and dangerous while riches, adulation, and freedom are hers for the taking.
But what value are these if her heart has become a slave to the honorable man she is required to destroy?
Keeping Faith is book 3 in the Fair Cyprians of London series but can be read as a stand-alone.
Here’s what the readers say:
“A well-written story with realistic characters. The plot is engaging with plenty of twists and turns. It really pulls you into the book quickly and completely.”
“Thank you for completely following this story through all of the twists and turns until it reached its natural conclusion.”
“Engaging and charming with involved plot and romance which is to be savored as are all of this writer’s works in my view.”
Immerse yourself in this sizzling, suspenseful Victorian romance with a note of redemption that’ll please even the cynics.
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I have been loving reading this series. I took a chance on this series and am so glad I did. Fantastic characters and wonderful storylines. I found this one to be completely immersive and could easily imagine everything that was happening. Wonderful work.
This is almost two stories in one. Faith has been groomed to play a starring role in an intricate revenge plot against Crispin Westaway. Having fallen in love, Faith tries to outwit her puppet masters, but fails.
She manages to land on her feet, fleeing London and finding work as a governess, until she’s recognized by one of Crispin’s friends. Here the “second” story begins when she learns Lord Harkorn may destroy Crispin and rushes back to London to try to thwart him yet stumbles into dealings yet more sinister. Suspenseful.
What an intense, tangled web of revenge. Very detailed plot opened up to much more of a mystery than I was expecting. Gotta have Faith, she is strong, a survivor, very smart yet rightly naive. I like Crispin too but he is slow to put the deceitful puzzle together. Very interesting depiction of the secret endeavors of London brothels and the power of love. I am voluntarily reviewing a free copy.
Someone’s blind desire of revenge made Faith a sorrow pawn trapped in a web of lies and deceit without any choice. Falling in love was not in the plan but the heart, with fate’s help, had ways to getting away with it. The story kept me trapped following the tangle of deceptions. I was totally intrigued wondering how Faith was going to escape a situation that would be her total ruination and could put her in danger. The story was interesting with well written descriptions and narrations that allows us to know Faith’s inner struggling and the conflict she was bearing with her actions. Hope the author continues with more stories of these fallen flowers.
The third book in the Fair Cyprians of London series is well written a story that I enjoyed reading. Faith had to go through a lot of things before she got a happy ending. I would recommend this book. I received a copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.
I’m a huge fan of this Fair Cyprians series.
It’s a mark of skill that the author can make us care so deeply about her characters within the first pages (and keep the stories feeling fresh and new and exciting each time).
This is no exception. A real ‘stay up late to read another chapter’ romance.
Another great story to continue the series
This is another great story that has some steamy moments, all of the characters are brilliantly crafted, with the suspense and emotional intrigue that will keep you enthralled.
Complicated story of a convoluted revenge plot
In this clean and very complicated Victorian romance, heroine Faith is the underdog in the dog-eat-dog world of London society. She’s been lifted from poverty and ignorance, fed, clothed, and housed in a brothel, at the behest of an American benefactress, but the purpose of her training is the woman’s revenge for her daughter’s suicide. The target of her revenge appears to be a young man, Mr Westerly, the target of the dead daughter’s attempted – and failed – seduction. He is the son of a titled diplomat, and a talented painter. Faith is to seduce him and then break his heart, as he supposedly did to the dead girl. In this case, nobody is who they claim to be, or who they believe they are. One by one, everyone in Faith’s young life is revealed to be in on the plot, and indeed, there’s more than one plot afoot. Jumping through all the hoops of despair, degradation, and thwarted love is enough to exhaust the most determined reader, but the author’s insistence on high drama at all times was not enough to keep me glued to the pages. It was the so-called hero who quenched my interest. I couldn’t for the life of me find anything romantic, worthy, lovable, or admirable about a grown man who lacks the cojones, or the intestinal fortitude, to act like a grown man. This Mr. Westerly is utterly cowed by his overbearing father, convinced that only by pleasing the old curmudgeon can his young life be worthwhile. That he’s a gifted artist, that he has the love of a beautiful young woman (Faith), doesn’t signify. How could a heroine as determined and resourceful as Faith fall in love with this Mr. Milquetoast? I can only surmise that Faith continues on her so-called benefactress’ mission because she knows, deep down, that Westerly will not fight very hard for their love, or her virtue. In the end, he does exert himself on her behalf, after some pointed prodding from an old friend -but it’s too little and too late as far as I’m concerned. Faith gets her HEA, as the title suggests. I don’t envy her a bit. My thanks to Candid Book Reviews for the ARC.
I have been loving reading this series. I took a chance on this series and am so glad I did. Fantastic characters and wonderful storylines. I found this one to be completely immersive and could easily imagine everything that was happening. Wonderful work.
I’m a huge fan of this Fair Cyprians series.
It’s a mark of skill that the author can make us care so deeply about her characters within the first pages (and keep the stories feeling fresh and new and exciting each time).
This is no exception. A real ‘stay up late to read another chapter’ romance.
This is almost two stories in one. Faith has been groomed to play a starring role in an intricate revenge plot against Crispin Westaway. Having fallen in love, Faith tries to outwit her puppet masters, but fails.
She manages to land on her feet, fleeing London and finding work as a governess, until she’s recognized by one of Crispin’s friends. Here the “second” story begins when she learns Lord Harkorn may destroy Crispin and rushes back to London to try to thwart him yet stumbles into dealings yet more sinister. Suspenseful.
What an intense, tangled web of revenge. Very detailed plot opened up to much more of a mystery than I was expecting. Gotta have Faith, she is strong, a survivor, very smart yet rightly naive. I like Crispin too but he is slow to put the deceitful puzzle together. Very interesting depiction of the secret endeavors of London brothels and the power of love. I am voluntarily reviewing a free copy.
Someone’s blind desire of revenge made Faith a sorrow pawn trapped in a web of lies and deceit without any choice. Falling in love was not in the plan but the heart, with fate’s help, had ways to getting away with it. The story kept me trapped following the tangle of deceptions. I was totally intrigued wondering how Faith was going to escape a situation that would be her total ruination and could put her in danger. The story was interesting with well written descriptions and narrations that allows us to know Faith’s inner struggling and the conflict she was bearing with her actions. Hope the author continues with more stories of these fallen flowers.
The third book in the Fair Cyprians of London series is well written a story that I enjoyed reading. Faith had to go through a lot of things before she got a happy ending. I would recommend this book. I received a copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.
titilating. A very attractive book.
Another great story to continue the series
This is another great story that has some steamy moments, all of the characters are brilliantly crafted, with the suspense and emotional intrigue that will keep you enthralled.
Complicated story of a convoluted revenge plot
In this clean and very complicated Victorian romance, heroine Faith is the underdog in the dog-eat-dog world of London society. She’s been lifted from poverty and ignorance, fed, clothed, and housed in a brothel, at the behest of an American benefactress, but the purpose of her training is the woman’s revenge for her daughter’s suicide. The target of her revenge appears to be a young man, Mr Westerly, the target of the dead daughter’s attempted – and failed – seduction. He is the son of a titled diplomat, and a talented painter. Faith is to seduce him and then break his heart, as he supposedly did to the dead girl. In this case, nobody is who they claim to be, or who they believe they are. One by one, everyone in Faith’s young life is revealed to be in on the plot, and indeed, there’s more than one plot afoot. Jumping through all the hoops of despair, degradation, and thwarted love is enough to exhaust the most determined reader, but the author’s insistence on high drama at all times was not enough to keep me glued to the pages. It was the so-called hero who quenched my interest. I couldn’t for the life of me find anything romantic, worthy, lovable, or admirable about a grown man who lacks the cojones, or the intestinal fortitude, to act like a grown man. This Mr. Westerly is utterly cowed by his overbearing father, convinced that only by pleasing the old curmudgeon can his young life be worthwhile. That he’s a gifted artist, that he has the love of a beautiful young woman (Faith), doesn’t signify. How could a heroine as determined and resourceful as Faith fall in love with this Mr. Milquetoast? I can only surmise that Faith continues on her so-called benefactress’ mission because she knows, deep down, that Westerly will not fight very hard for their love, or her virtue. In the end, he does exert himself on her behalf, after some pointed prodding from an old friend -but it’s too little and too late as far as I’m concerned. Faith gets her HEA, as the title suggests. I don’t envy her a bit. My thanks to Candid Book Reviews for the ARC.