Love may demand the ultimate betrayal of loyalty.
Agnes Sinclair, daughter to the Earl of Caithness, has been sent to Stirling Castle to make her debut and become one of the queen’s ladies in waiting. Traveling with her uncle, John Sinclair, she scarce pays attention to his prattling on about how the king is hell bent on turning the country soft with his flowery poets and pretty parties. She’s far more interested in discovering all the delights the King’s Court has to offer. Upon her arrival, she is grateful for the respite from her uncle and ever more intrigued by the enigmatic Earl of Montrose.
William Graham, Earl of Montrose, hails from a long line of nobles aligned with the monarchy of Scotland to maintain its independence from England. Fully supportive of the king’s new approach, he offers to assist when the king informs him of a band of rebels rumored to make an attempt on the monarchs. Prepared for a confrontation with brawny Highlanders, he is shocked to discover, at the center is a seemingly innocent yet confident young woman the like he has never seen in King James’s court.
Agnes and William’s journey is wrought with passion, betrayal, and deceit requiring a giant leap of faith. Attempt it they shall, but the question remains, where will their loyalties fall?
Tropes You’ll Love:
- Revenge
- Spirited heroine
- Betrayal
- Rebels
- Abduction
- Mistrust
- Mythology
- Healer
- King’s Renaissance Court
- Leap of faith
Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.
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She is Persephone to his Hades, the perfect golden goddess he can never be worthy of. To her, he is the dark Adonis
and perfect Galahad of her dreams. How can they overcome the forces that keep them apart, even as passion and love draw them together?
Lady Ava Layne has had a schoolgirl crush on the handsome and accomplished Jerome DeVere, Marquess of Ravenshaw, for years. But Jerome is fourteen years her senior and her brother’s best friend. When she makes her debut at eighteen, she hopes to finally attract his attention, but he makes it clear that she will always be like a sister to him. Devasted, Ava does her best to get over him and try to comply with her family’s desire for her to choose a suitable husband. But she can’t forget the man who is her secret hero.
Outwardly, Jerome DeVere is the quintessential Corinthian. He excels at everything he does, from horse riding, driving, and fencing to cards and dancing. However, behind the perfect façade is man scarred by the dark shadows of his past. As schoolgirl Ava turns into a lovely debutante and rocks his world, he cannot let her see that the little girl he loved as a sister has become the goddess he would worship, and he does his best to destroy her adolescent crush, even though it breaks his heart to hurt her.
When her brother presses Ava to consider a proposal from her most eligible suitor, Jerome is determined on a marriage of convenience, fiercely determined to do what he believes is best for Ava.
But Ava is equally determined not to let him.
Compromised by the woman he loves, Jerome can do nothing else but marry her and hope fervently that he can become worthy of her. However, the happily ever after they both desire remains elusive when the past won’t stay buried. Can their stormy, passionate love survive the horrors of Jerome’s past and the scandals that threaten to tear their lives apart?
Tropes You’ll Love:
- Brother’s best friend/best friend’s sister
- Age gap
- Compromised/forced marriage
- Beauty and the Beast
- Persephone and Hades
- Unrequited love
- Tortured hero
- Sunshiny heroine
- Passionate, stormy love
- Angst and pining
- Major grovel
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