His Wicked Heart

His Wicked Heart, by Darcy Burke is a historical romance story worth reading.
Darcy’s ability to use words to describing the details of the scenes, pulls the reader and their imagination into the story. The suspense and drama had me gasping and dropping my jaw on a few occasions. Darcy writing brought you into the world, where Olivia and Jasper suffered heartache and pain to find their way to one another. This helped me relate more to the characters and what they felt at that time.
I found myself and cheering them on to the end. The drama. The suspicion. The fights and the steamy romance scenes, gives this story the fire that will keep the reader glued to the book. Olivia’s character is a strong woman.
The people who judge her, may think that she’s week, but her smart whit and living, as they say the common life, taught her well. She was able to beat back her nay sayers and hold her head high, while walking into a room. Jasper’s character feared no one. Not even his controlling father the Duke. Jasper walks through this book with is fist held high and the soft words and genuine love for Olivia. Oh, I haven’t forgot about the naughty ecstasy that Olivia and Jasper share in their stolen moments.
Jasper fingers where dancing like Fred Astaire’s feet in this book. Read the book. You will understand what I’m talking about. Talk about someone being on fire! Olivia was saying to herself, heavens, their is no way I’m letting this man get away.
I recommend this book with two snaps and a twist. Until next time my fellow readers… read on! I voluntary reviewed this ARC after receiving a free gifted copy.

I read this story first in a box set. Second time, stand alone was even better than the first. Foxcroft and Miranda are outstanding with unspoken burning passion. He has several complicated dilemmas. She has parents with only one thing on their minds in regards to her. This story has an abundance of deeply engaging, poignant scenes, interesting characters, intricate plots. Well written to hold the attention.

Love this great book. A must read for witty and great character.

a “woke” reader’s Mills and Boone bodice ripper.

This book was so good that I an working my way through the other books in the series.

It has been a while since I read it, but I enjoyed it.

‘It’s hard to be respectable…

Jasper Sinclair, Earl of Saxton, made a bargain with the devil—his father—to marry in one month’s time. But instead of declaring his intentions for an acceptable debutante, he indulges his long-buried baser needs by joining a fighting club and pursuing a delectable woman who may not be what she seems. Soon he finds himself battling addictions that threaten his already wicked heart.

When you’d rather be wicked

Orphaned seamstress Olivia West wants the chance to lead an honest, respectable life, but the arrogant Earl of Saxton launches a daunting campaign to make Olivia his mistress. Destitute and desperate, Olivia agrees to one night with the dangerous peer, and draws upon her mother’s courtesan experience to seduce him. After binding and blindfolding him, she brings him to the edge of release, only to switch places with an actual prostitute. However, Jasper detects Olivia’s deception and vows to claim what he’s owed— not his money, her.’
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3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars.

His Wicked Heart is the second book in Darcy Burke’s Secrets and Scandals series and is a historical romance.

I found this book to be stronger than the first in the seriesand it was a faster read for me. I found this book to be a quick read, which was a result of the action and subterfuge. Despite some problems I had with the two main characters, I did like both of them. My favorite characters were Jasper’s aunt, Louisa and his friend, Sevrin and I look forward to learn more about his character later on in the series.

I found Jasper to be quite manipulative. As a priviledged earl, his character largely didn’t seem aware that he was behaving so terribly and instead seemed to spend most of his time villifying Olivia’s actions. Not that Olivia doesn’t make some bad choices as well, but it really bothered me that he couldn’t seem to fathom the fact that many of her actions stemmed from being a vulnerable woman in the world with little to no protection or means. As a result, I often found Jasper to be infuriating and hard to like. I wish they had begun to behave better toward one another earlier in the book.

From what I’ve read of the series thus far, I’m enjoying it and would recommend it to others who enjoy Darcy Burke’s books. Full disclosure, I think this is only the second book that she ever publushed and, like the first in this series, I don’t the writing to be as strong as her more recent books, but it is still an enjoyable read. His Wicked Heart is not a clean romance.

I’m looking forward to reading the next in the series To Seduce a Scoundrel and learning more about Sevrin.
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I would like to thank the author, Darcy Burke, for sharing a copy of His Wicked Heart with me for reviewing purposes. This is my honest review.

Good for a romance read.

A fairly good read sometimes I thought this is a little out of reason.

I found His Wicked Heart a very gripping story of two characters who were destined to be together. They were both from entirely different backgrounds. He was a young Earl and she was the bastard daughter of a courtesan. I loved how the story unfolded and they came to realize how they actually complemented one another. There were appealing and not so appealing secondary characters. This was definitely a romantic, but also highly sensual read which Darcy Burke manages to portray so well.