From NY Times Bestseller, CD Reiss…Catherine’s long-lost love is found.Catherine Barrington is a rich girl. Chris Cartwright is a poor boy.He left her to make something of himself. A man she could be proud of. A man she could bring home to her parents. A man she could marry.On the trading floor he became the man he knew he could be. Now, it’s time to return.Rich girl.Poor boy.She didn’t care … girl.
Poor boy.
She didn’t care about his money, but he didn’t believe her. Soon after he left, all the money was gone.
Her life is hell.
Now he’s back, and he’s different. Pristine. Gorgeous. Rich.
Rich boy.
Poor girl.
Money was never the barrier, until now.
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This baby has BONUS MATERIAL. It’s not really 500 pages. It’s more like 250.
White Knight is a standalone in the same world as King of Code, with its own beginning, middle, and end. You don’t need to read anything else to read White Knight.
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An unputdownable beautiful romance that’ll bowl you over…
I absolutely love CD Reiss. Her way with words is brilliantly cunning and enthralling. She has a way of reeling you in and making it impossible to turn away. Her ability to tell an intelligible and captivating story without making you feel like you’re being spoken down to. If that makes sense? What she’s achieved with this series is nothing short of phenomenal. I’m still head over heels in love with King of Code, and the fact that you get to see Taylor and Harper from a different perspective was just the cherry on the icing on the cake. I’ve loved every single book in Christine’s American Royalty Universe, but only White Knight has come close to taking my King of Code top spot.
As far as second chance romances go this was such an original spin on the trope. It’s one of my favourite tropes of all time and for me it just does things. I love the idea of a constant and resilient love. I find that there’s this sweet goodness that is heart-melting and warming. There was something so idyllic about this story and at times it was wax lyrical and so romantic. That’s not to say that there isn’t a darker undertone, because hey—this is CD Reiss after all. Her kind of romance is not light and fluffy. It will make you feel all the way to the marrow of your bones and the core of your soul. For me, this book has ALL THE FEELS and then some. As always the writing is verging on perfection. Flawless. The storytelling itself is easy to follow but intelligible enough that it keeps your mind spinning and and your senses peaked, especially with the flashbacks into the characters’ pasts and their story. I don’t know, but I always find that Christine’s words are an emotional sensory experience. I can never just close the book and move on, something always sticks and hogs my mind. It almost borders on obsession.
As far as characters go the cast for White Knight is outstanding. Like mentioned above you do get the characters from the previous book as your secondary characters, so you are already familiar with them. What I found about this story was that I felt like a part of the gang. I didn’t just feel like I was reading their story, but like I was a part of it. That alone made me very happy, but when you add in Catherine and Christopher…holy F.M.L. Just the recollection of it all is enough to have squeeing in my seat with excitement. I found Catherine a very different and original heroine for the romance genre. She has that alpha hero presence in that she’s so brave and strong and she isn’t afraid to put herself on the line for what and whom she loves. Yet, she is also everything you expect from a highly loveable romance heroine—sweet, kind, at times selfless and vulnerable. She has this deep seeded vulnerability that at times makes her doubt herself, but it’s like her strength hoists her back up like a parachute. I just love her. I wish more heroines were like her. I found Christopher to be more of your typical hero, but at the same time he had this quality to him where he wasn’t just willing to do every physical/ material thing it took to win Catherine back, but he actually emotionally invested himself in it. If that makes sense? I loved that he wasn’t your typical egotistical can’t fathom feelings and emotions alpha hero. He has this awareness and intelligence that isn’t just geeky. I found myself in awe of them together. I liked that their feelings weren’t ground on the grand gestures, but actually on the small sweet things that are a little unexpected and maybe their not big in your face shows but they are big in that they sweep you of your feet with affection. I was just melting all over this story. These two were just one of the best romance couples I have ever come across. They are so real and so grounded…raw. I. Love. Them. Period. End of.
I can’t get over White Knight. I never wanted it to end. I wish that CD Reiss dragged out her stories. I wish that this story in particular was never ending. I just cannot get enough of it. I want to reread it already. This is the kind of romance that bowls you over yet it is grounded in reality so that it makes every single feeling that much more momentous and epic. It magnifies every aspect of the love between the characters. It’s just freaking awesome. Just read it. That’s all I can say—READ. IT.
Although this book is part of the American Royalty Universe series, you don’t have to have read the other books before it to enjoy this story. But, I do recommend it…you’ll want to after this anyway!
C.D. Reiss’ highly anticipated White Knight is everything her fans could have hoped for in this fourth and final book of her American Royalty Universe series of standalone contemporary romances.
Ms. Reiss’ story flows like a lazy river between 13 years in the past when her characters were 16 years old to the present. Both the main characters, Chris Cartwright and Catherine Barrington tell their tale. It is a classic story of loving and being worthy of love. I am in awe of Ms. Reiss’ effortless transition from describing young, naïve, and inexperienced lust between Chris and Catherine at age sixteen to the hungry wanting of two adults who need each other like they need oxygen.
Catherine grew up privileged. Chris grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Through no fault of her own, Catherine and the town named after her family fell far from grace. Chris rode a shooting star to financial success on Wall Street. Catherine became the uncanonized Saint of Barrington. Chris became divorced, less rich, and lonely after the loss of his beloved dog, Lancelot.
The story of Chris and Catherine’s young love is touching and quintessential young adult fiction. Ms. Reiss’ quietly displays the breadth of her talent by incorporating a YA romance within an adult contemporary romance and making the YA romance feel like it is a genre that she has been writing for years.
“Back then, you gave me reason to be my own woman, and when you left, I became that woman.”
Back in the present, Catherine struggles with lost love, personal fulfillment, needs, desires, and obligations. I spent a restless night in Catherine’s head as she tosses and turns with the ebb and flow of her thoughts, choices, fears and desires now that the boy she thought she lost has returned. After some deep thought and turmoil, Catherine eventually understands that she is happy with who she became, and she realizes it wouldn’t have happened if she had followed Chris. However, she struggles with the hurt of him leaving, of her perception of being dumped. As the sun rises, Catherine still feels tentative, but she at least knows that she will pursue what she wants, needs and dreams for, and she will be open to Chris joining her in this journey.
While Catherine has spent years crying over the loss—both hers and the townsfolk—she is a supremely strong woman. I love that when Chris returns home to bury his dog along with hoping to rekindle something with Catherine, and Catherine chooses to put herself first. I loved that Chris returned humble. I loved that Chris completely understood that Catherine would not have liked who he was in New York once he became successful. I loved that at the start of the book, Chris realizes that what he needs to be happy is not the wealth that he chased after, but the love of a good woman, in other words, his “Catherine of the Roses”. His only hope is to prove to her that he is now worthy of her.
“The man I am now wants the woman you are now”.
In this enchanting, swoony book, Ms. Reiss has intersected lines and shown her readers the tangential plot points of the prior books in this series. The heart wrenching beginning of White Knight parallels the timeline in King of Code. The beautiful culmination of the story is filled with love, friendship, and 749 roses, give or take a few.
“I’d done much without her, and I’d done much for her. But I hadn’t achieved anything until I turned her sadness into joy”.
Sweet, tender, and filled with yearning, broken hearts and unfulfilled wishes, White Knight is a #MustRead of 2018.
OMG! This story was absolutely beautiful and the way it was told was breathtaking and epic. I felt so much longing from Chris and Catherine’s characters, it broke my heart at times.
CD Reiss wrote this story with a past and present that just flowed so easily. Not only was I able to get a sense of who Chris and Catherine were now…but experience the young love that bloomed in their past. How innocent and true their love was. It was breathtaking and truly captivating. But their age prevented them from really having a say in being together and it just broke my heart. The obstacles they faced were the same as any teenager in love but it still hurt to see them suffer. For a love so new it was as strong as it could ever be.
Chris only wanted to be the man he felt Catherine deserved but over the years he lost sight of that goal. He lost his way and White Knight was his second chance. While Chris was out conquering the world, Catherine was in her hometown saving hers. Her heart knew no bounds. She was a saint in every sense of the word. She did everything she could to help the people of her town and welcomed anyone and everyone into her home. It was truly admirable.
I don’t know how else to put into words how beautiful this story was. Their longing was so palpable – days later and I still feel it. This is definitely my favorite CD Reiss novel.
This was a very emotional story from beginning to end. Even though it falls in the King of Code and Prince Charming series, this one felt so different to me. Fraught with pain, longing, angst and love, I felt everything. All the feels. This story gave it time and again. I mean, chapter 19 did me in and a few other chapters as well. There wasn’t a lot of action in this story but the emotion more than made up for that.
Christopher and Catherine found each other between a chain link fence. It was kismet when their eyes met, but so many things conspired to get in their way. There were parents, social standings, age, and experience. One left, the other asked to not be forgotten, but life likes to throw those curve balls at us. Years later they have to find out if they still have the same feelings towards one anther after having their own separate lives and experiences. The emotional turmoil they both went through alone and together just tugged at your heart-strings and made you want to root for them even more.
This story was told in past and present with each chapter. It was good to understand their past to get to their current situation. I finished this in one day. All the good stories end way too quickly for me! You’ll need to read this one to find out how it plays in both King of Code and Prince Charming since this story-line seems to encompass them both.
I loved this beautiful tale of forbidden love and second chances. Catherine Barrington and Chris Cartwright were young lovers. Chris was the hired help and wasn’t what Catherine’s parents wanted for her. Chris left town to take over the world so he would be enough for Catherine, but he missed the point entirely. When life gets in the way and misunderstandings happen, they mourn the ‘what ifs’ and pretend to move on with broken hearts. This story picks up over a decade later. They are different people in different circumstances. Catherine is so sweet and cares deeply for the people in her town. Unfortunately, she has lost herself along the way. Now Chris is home, determined to turn her sadness into joy, prove he is a better man, and win her back. I really loved both Chris and Catherine, they are wonderful characters. Catherine is strong and resilient and Chris is so romantic and sexy. They balance each other and their chemistry is explosive. I loved how this story was expertly told in flashback sequences, carefully revealing young lovers, and the depth of their connection that reunites them. I also loved how it ran simultaneously with the other stories in this series so we would get another point of view of past events. Family and friends are essential, helping to make this a multifaceted story.
I was totally mesmerized by this poignant, heartwarming, and steamy romance. It stayed with me long after I was finished. I highly recommend this book/series!
If you’re new to CD Reiss – read this book! If you’re a sucker for second chances – read this book! I don’t give away stars that are not earned. White Knight deserves every one of the five I have to give!
I am a huge CD Reiss fan. I have followed her writing for a few years and am constantly mesmerized by her extraordinary talents. Her creativity, detailed storylines and complex characters are always a hit for me. Whether light, emotional, gritty or twisty – I savor them all. Her writing is impeccable. There’s a quality – as in a superior level of intelligence – in this authors writing that blows me away. I read through paragraph after paragraph of amazing, artful expression. Her use and variety of words and attention to detail in every sentence is just excellent. I’ve read hundreds of books yet nothing compares. I had moments while reading White Knight that made me pause and blink a few times. Then highlight it and think “wow”.
White Knight is second chance romance BLISS! I have never been so wound up and consumed by budding teenage love. However Chris & Rin are delicious. They sizzled from the moment they met at 16 – and felt “it”. Loved this juicy element! However their path isn’t all sunshine and roses. No, their journey is a bumpy, pain filled road for both. Their paths very different. Their pain though – was somewhat the same. Loneliness. Heartbreak. Unworthiness. So much hurt. Now 13 years later their paths cross for the first time. Can these two find their way? Heal old wounds? Move on and accept who the other has grown to be? Will they be friends or is there a chance for more?
We find out as this fantastic story unfolds. Amazing use of time hops! They made this story so powerful. Secrets and insecurities get revealed. Explanations which aleviate so much of the disappointment and loss they’ve endured. Gah just so, so good! I saved some quotes as I was reading – but I’m keeping them for myself so I don’t spoil it for anyone. Just know they are paragraphs so beautifully worded – they touched my soul.
We first meet Catherine in King of Code, where she is portrayed as an very sweet, helpful woman but yet you don’t quite understand the painstaking sadness that has a hold on her until White Knight.
White Knight is the story of Catherine and Christopher, where we get a full understanding of their past together which leads to whether or not they can have a future with one another.
I was quite taken with this couple and their love for each other as innocent teenagers and how Christopher stayed true to his word. I fell in love with Catherine and Christopher’s intense second chance romance and enjoyed the subtle little touches of love that had so much meaning to the story.
This a story of first love and last love, and how sometimes they are one and the same. New York Times bestselling author C.D. Reiss’ White Knight is about the journey of finding oneself and becoming the person that you are meant to be.
Catherine Barrington and Christopher Carmichael represent the classic true love divided by societal reputations. They meet when they are young and quickly recognize who they are to each other, but of course the town and her family find a way to tear them apart.
Don’t deny me. I’m yours.
Years later sad circumstances bring them back to the same place. Neither Catherine or Christopher are the same person they were before, but their love is still as strong as ever. They just need find a way to reconnect.
He was a mistake wrapped in relief tied with a bow shaped like everything I found beautiful.
This was a beautiful and heartbreaking love story full of misunderstandings and selfish pride. I loved and hated both Chris and Catherine for the way they just accepted things and made assumptions about the other. If they had just communicated from the beginning a lot of their loneliness and tears could have been avoided. But that is what makes this real and relatable. The struggle to gain status and money, the failed communication, the heartbreak and the love all felt so real to me. That is what I always search for when reading, a connection that feels real to me and C.D. Reiss has given that to me in White Knight.
Five ‘As Long As It takes’ stars.
**Review by Amy W., Late Night Reviewer for Up All Night with Books**
Catherine Barrington is the beloved daughter of the town of Barrington. Living there her whole life, she was raised as an heiress to the Bottling factory her father owned that employed most of the townspeople. That was never what she wanted to be though, she just wanted to be Catherine and figure out what her purpose in life was supposed to be.
Chris Carmichael comes from humble beginnings, living on the wrong side of the fence. But to young Catherine, he is everything she could ever want or need. Society (her mother) will do everything to keep them apart, though, because he has no money and isn’t good enough for her.
I first met Catherine in King of Code, which is about her sister, Harper. If you haven’t read that yet, no worries, C.D. blends those scenes seamlessly into this book and gives the reader Catherine’s view of those interactions. Having read that book, the scenes we get in White Knight between Catherine and Harper are made all the more personal and special, I think.
Told in alternating points of view of Catherine and Chris, C.D. takes us by the hand and leads us down a path into their past and how they met, fell in love, and were separated. Chris being convinced that he needed to leave Barrington and go make something of himself, make enough money to be worthy of Catherine. Now it’s 13 years later, both have forged ahead in life but never found their way back to each other. Until Chris’ dog passes away and he decides to take him back to Barrington to bury him with his siblings. Is this really just an excuse to go back and find Catherine again?
C.D. does prose like no other author I’ve read. She nails the angst of young love, of teenagers who know what they want and how they feel, but those older and wiser are convinced them being together would be disastrous. In current time, she intricately describes the struggles that Catherine and Chris feel. Did they live the past 13 years the way they were supposed to? How different would their lives have turned out if they had just made the effort to find their way back to each other?
A lot has happened in the 13 years apart. Catherine has become the backbone of Barrington, being there for everyone in the town, and they have been there for her as well. But is that what she was supposed to be doing? She loves helping everyone, but something has been missing from her life all these years. Chris succeeded in what he set out to do, earn enough money to be worthy of Catherine, but what has it cost him in the end?
This story is a beautifully crafted second chance romance. It begs the question of how their lives would have turned out if even one choice had been made differently. I so enjoyed experiencing the reconnection, the journey Catherine and Chris make to get to where they should have been 13 years ago. I wish we had seen more of that though. I felt like once Catherine decides she is willing to try with Chris, we just got glimpses of that journey together before the epilogue suddenly popped up. I am greedy in this respect, and to be honest, I as the reader needed more of the reasoning as to why Chris stayed away even after he had achieved his goal and made some of the life choices he did, even if Catherine didn’t need them. I guess it’s a good thing I have never been in a second chance situation in my life, because the poor guy would suffer miserably for a long time before I finally relented.
I have really loved reading all of the books in the American Royalty universe. I hope everyone picks them up, I think you will really love them too!
What just happened ? The book was so short ? WTH christine?!
I can’t stop reading A Reiss book, the sheer joy of my eyes going over the words, my heart conforming to the bumps and dips of emotions..gaahh!! I want this story to go on forever !!!!!
This story is about a society divided by a fence that runs right through these young hearts . Catherine Barrington is practically Royalty and Christopher Carmichael a minion like boy who mows lawns and does end jobs.
The instant their eyes meet, it’s like a force field forms around them, it’s palpable energy too magnetic to keep away from
It felt as though two planets that had been on separate trajectories for light years had finally collided and melded.
Catharine is a victim of “Older Child Syndrome”, in my opinion, ones who go from childhood to straight adulthood with no fun times in between. They’re burdened with added responsibilities of younger siblings, split parent tensions and taking care of the house, in this case the town. It’s a boulder of onus around the neck of Rin, pulling her down. So she puts her feelings & happiness on the back burner and dives headlong into Salvage & rescue mission for her town, her people .her day is full, but her nights are her own time to cry. It’s so sad that tears have to flow before dreams can take their place in her eyes.
I was a grown Woman
I don’t know what Christine’s intent or sounding board was for this book, because I haven’t read a tear-jerker from her before, but my tears couldn’t stop running. I’m still choked up thinking about the story I finished last night!!
So, Catherine sells her heart to her parents and nails the doors to her heart shut tight.
I didn’t apologize to the Chris of today or even five years before, but to the sixteen-year-old boy who’d loved me. I’d let him go. I hadn’t chased him. Hadn’t fought for him. Hadn’t looked for him or asked his mother what happened to him. And now I was releasing him with regret. But I was releasing him.
(Omg I’m tearing up again)
It’s a second chance romance with enough angst to eclipse the earth. It’s Bröntésque in its appeal and feel, a veritable cauldron of boiling, hissing emotions singeing your skin. You’ll scarred for days after, that I can assure you.
I’ve always looked forward to a reiss book and never been disappointed. A writer who can create Joanthan Drazen/Monica can create Chris/Catharine, with same ethos and sincerity is a testament to her range and vision of the craft. The Man:Woman in her stories are treated with rawest and most basic form of passion. It’s a one to one connection. The scene where Chris tries to settle the conflict in Catharine’ s mind is so powerful. It’s like watching the birth of Adam & Eve . He redefines their roles as Man & a Woman by stripping it down to the basics.
“This is me with nothing. I came in this way, and I’ll go out this way. This body? It has needs. I need food, water, and sleep, okay? That’s how it stays alive. I have a brain. It comes with the package. It needs to work and to figure things out. If I’m not doing that, I’m dead, because it’s here, in the skin. And I have a heart. When I’m naked and all the other shit is gone, it’s part of me.
It needs you.
You.”
This scene itself commands standing ovation. I reread this 3 times…just so I could memorize that I’m reading something profound, something life changing !
I could babble and babble, but I have to stop. I loved the book, which you can deduce by my ramblings. My only peeve, the end came like suddenly… It’s like you opened the door to a room and find yourself on the street, no way of going back in!!. Huh! . It’s over!!
Secondly Chris’s worklife was a bit covert, I’d have liked to see his assurances backed with concrete explanations. The end tied up hastily. And it is a novella length
But Hey! A Reiss book is a bible for emotions at the end of the day. Not Even The Flying Monkeys could keep me away from devouring, lapping, savouring, soaking EVERY WORD written by her . It’s eternal love connection . My heart loves her words !
4.5 Catharine Of The Roses stars
I really enjoyed this second chance romance.
Growing up Catherine and Chris were opposites. Where she’s grown up used to having money, Chris has never had anything and what little he does have, he’s had to work for. None of that matters to them and they soon embark on a secret relationship. Of course young love (especially the forbidden kind) rarely goes as planned and Chris leaves, hoping that he’ll be able to make something of himself.
Catherine is an absolute sweetheart. I loved her. She’s sweet, kind and generous. Nothing at all like you’d expect her to be. Spending years trying to right wrongs, Catherine puts everyone else first. Chris is now the success he always wanted to be and after losing something important to him, he realises he needs to go back to Barrington and Catherine to try and make amends.
This book was shorter than I expected but I still loved it. Catherine and Chris’ story was everything I’d hoped it would be and it kept me hooked all the way through.
I absolutely love a second chance romance and CD Reiss delivered in spades with White Knight.
Set in the world of King Of Code but a standalone novel, we get the story of Catherine and Chris.
Catherine Barrington is brought up with money and a life of privilege, and with those perks comes certain expectations and standards that she must abide by- per her parents. But when her eyes meet Chris Cartwright’s for the first time, all of those rules are forgotten and life as she knows it will never be the same again.
Chris Cartwright grew up in the exact opposite situation as Catherine. He’s poor, with a less than a desirable home life and labeled as part of the help, but none of that can stop his heart for falling for beautiful, Catherine Of The Roses.
This story gives you both the past and present lives of Chris and Catherine. You get to see how they came to be and what they have become. It’s blissfully romantic and tragically sad in only the way true young love can be.
Only when they are forced apart, does Chris decide to leave and become the man he feels Catherine deserves, the type of man that Catherine needs.
A promise is made, but with forces working against their love, is then shattered.
Seven hundred and forty nine dollars.
A seemingly small amount turned into millions, but completely worthless.
Catherine’s life was turned upside down…. again. With the weight of the world on her shoulders and her life of privilege gone just like the boy she loved, her existence simply remains for the good of others.
But when Chris is drawn back home, will the boy and girl who fell in love with each other, still be in love the man and woman they are today?
From tennis balls to tree climbing to plastic playgrounds and roses, this story is tragic and sexy and beautiful and an absolute must read!
I would highly recommend this book and any others by this author.
You truly are a Queen of writing CD Reiss…..and I bow to you!
“It’s too late to ride in and rescue me. I don’t need a knight in shining armor anymore.” “Maybe I’m the one who needs to be rescued,” he whispered.
Catherine was a haunted, mysterious figure in King of Code who cried herself to sleep every night. In White Knight, we finally get the full story of how she & Chris lost each other and ultimately found themselves. The rich girl & poor boy who became lovers only to be torn apart, return to each other thirteen years later in much different circumstances. He had made his fortune in their years apart while her world collapsed in on itself. After sacrificing everything she had of value to support her townspeople, Catherine was left to get by on scraps in her rundown home. When they reunite, they find themselves different people, shaped by the events in the time they were separated. Despite years of bitterness & loss, would they have become the people they were destined to be if they had run away together or reconnected sooner? This is no cookie cutter second chance love story. True love does not come easily, but the journey is beautifully told.
4.5 stars this 2nd chance romance.
There’s an old hint of olde worlde storytelling charm and mystique in this third installment of the series of standalones set in the world which began with King Of Code and continued with Prince Charming. Some of the characters from these two previous books show up in White Knight, but not enough to hinder the story or make the reader feel like… WTH??? You don’t need to have read either first.
This third book focuses on Harper’ Barrington’s big sister, Catherine whom we met in King Of Code and Chris Carmichael, a poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks.
Literally, the wrong side.
Catherine and Chris fell in love with when they were just sixteen. The narrative is told in dual POV as well as swinging back and forth from past to present, and gives us the backstory of how they met, and ultimately how they were forced apart when their forbidden love was discovered.
Catherine’s family is an old family, her ancestors started the town and named it after themselves. Her parents owned most of the town, and they look down on Chris and others like him.
Chris believed the only way they’d see him as being worthy of the daughter was to be wealthy. When he tossed out of town with barely any possession and only his faithful pup, Lance, Chris heads New York City to make something of himself, but it’s not as easy as he hoped it would be. Years pass with him sending letter after letter to Catherine with no reply.
A lot happens in Catherine’s world during Chris’s absence, her family loses it’s wealth and Catherine is left to pick up the pieces with just Harper’s help.
When events bring Chris full circle back to Barrington, Catherine tells herself she wants nothing to do with the boy who abandoned her thirteen years ago, but seeing him again awakens all her dormant feelings.
Can they return to the past? To the kids they were or can the step forward into a bright and scary new future with open arms.
Find out when you One-Click your copy of White Knight.
Catherine Barrington and Christopher Carmichael were teenage lovers separated by circumstance. Life happens, they move on. But what happens when your lost love finds you? Can you ever go back? Or move forward? Join Catherine and Chris as they try to answer that very question.
It’s no secret that I love CD Reiss’ words. Her writing is captivating and intense. The way she pulls the reader into a scene is brilliant and memorable. White Knight is no exception. I adore how she tackled this second chance romance. For me, this book felt very poetic. The way it included the up and downs, the emotion, and struggle. It was both heart-breaking and uplifting. Recently, I’ve become a big fan of contemporary romance and this is one that will stay with me for a long time. It made me sad, it made me tear up, and at least once it made me angry. But, it also made me smile, it made me swoon, and it filled my heart with happiness. This is CD Reiss at her best!
Although it’s not necessary to read King of Code and/ or Prince Charming before White Knight, I did, because I read each as they were released. I can safely say you can read this at any point, it stands by itself completely, however, having already read them, it was wonderful to visit with the residents of Barrington again, seeing them in a different light. Especially seeing Harper from Catherine’s POV. White Knight will definitely whet your appetite for KoC, if you haven’t read it yet.
Catherine has such a sweet and kind soul, but fierce when she needs to be. I just adored her. She was so strong, probably a lot stronger than she ever gave herself credit for, the way she took on the role of protector for the town. It was awe-inspiring. She deserved a HEA. Chris is your typical romance hero, but at the same time, he’s different. Sure, he’s smart and sexy, but, he’s also willing to do whatever it takes to earn back the love of Catherine because he knows, he just knows she’s the one for him. I loved the combination of the past and present, showing what their relationship was like. It gave the progression of their relationship a raw and organic feel to it. It also gave their feelings that much more power because we got to experience it with them. There is this one scene that involves a table (that’s all I’m saying, you’ll have to read it to understand), I think I may have melted, it was sweet and beautiful and one of the highlights of this book. It just took something small and made it huge, made it special. It was so them! The sexy times were, well, sexy. Both in their innocence to begin with and in the experience of later. Seeing that physical progression was just as important to their story as the emotional connection.
I honestly could have continued to read about this couple for another few hours, if CD Reiss had wanted to draw the book out, they were such a joy to spend time with. However, in pure Reiss fashion, when the book was done, it was done. She doesn’t use filler to increase the word count, every sentence has its place and its purpose to the story. I think that is one of the main things I love about her writing. Every word has its reason for being there. It makes it such an intense and beautiful reading experience. I cannot wait for the audiobook.