“I have sworn twice in my life I would no longer touch you, Ara. And I have attempted it twice. But I am not a man that can stand by that particular vow.”
She prayed for death.
Stolen from her home, sold for her innocence, all Ara Detton wanted was death. One man stood in her way, Caine Farlington. Ara is forced to survive, forced to rebuild her life. A life that is orderly, busy—with a … that is orderly, busy—with a destiny that is her own. All would be perfect, if not for having to hide her love for the man that once saved her. The man that forced her to live, to survive, to flourish.
He refuses to let her go.
In search of his missing betrothed, Caine Farlington, the Earl of Newdale, quite by accident, saves Ara from the worst possible fate. Six years later, Ara is an indispensable part of his life—even if he has to curb his need to touch her at every turn.
The one you love is not always the one you think you need.
Neither one of them is prepared to let the other go. But to remain together, both must find redemption and learn to forgive secrets of the past.
Note: The Lords of Action books are each stand-alone stories, and can be read individually in any order. These historical romances are set in the Regency and Victorian eras, and do not shy away from naughty language, scenes with steamy heat, and moments that might possibly make you squirm.
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I appreciated the friendship these two had. Makes more sense that they fight for each other. Good read!
The author creates an intriguing plot line and engaging characters with Ara and Greta. The fact that a fortune becomes depleted was predictable, but didn’t make sense because he was supposedly rich the entire time. Otherwise, I liked it.
It was an alright read; it had an interesting and inspiring plot line but rather annoying characters.
to much feel sorry for me
I couldn’t bring myself to finish reading this book. Suspense is good, but it was like yes they love each other, no they hate each other, yes they are going to be together, no they won’t. I can handle good descriptions of love making but not overly vulgar. This was a little much for me. I was getting sick of the story line and it began to drag on at about 60 or 70% through and figured that I assumed how it would end and it was time to read something else. I don’t usually quit on books but with this one, I did. Not worth your time.
An easy read. However, the story plodded along and the ending was predictable.
This book was okay. However, I kept wanting to slap the major characters upside the head for failing to understand and reacting correctly to their love interest.
Sorry, don’t recommend.
A fun read
While I thought the book was very good. With all the recent talk of human trafficking I appreciated the heroine’s desire to protect the girls. I found it a bit disturbing.
I liked the overall plot but I somehow thought this would be a CLEAN romance novel and it definitely was not. The only reason I would not recommend it is because it was not clean.
This book Had more depth and isn’t like most of the romance novels I’ve read. I love that the storyline was quite different and just when I thought I knew exactly which way it was going it went a different way. A great read
Well written, with a very different twist then ecpected. Will read more from this author.
The characters are great.
Loved, loved, loved. One of the best reads ever
To be fair, I do not like violent, dark historical romance books. I found this book to be too horrific. There is only so much pain and angst I want a heroine to struggle through. After a few chapters, it just gets very old. The hero is a very disappointing character. He has no problem-solving skills and seems to wander aimlessly through the story. I found the book distrubing and wish I had not read it.