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All About Passion
426 pages
A dramatic Regency romance where calculated plans for a loveless marriage collide with unexpected, fiery passion at the altar.
What it feels like
Reading this Regency romance feels like watching a carefully constructed house of cards tumble into a roaring fire. The narrative thrives on the delicious tension between rigid social duty and untamed desire, wrapping the reader in an atmosphere of dramatic irony and swoony romantic stakes. The prose leans into the emotional turbulence of a man who thinks he can neatly compartmentalize his life—reserving duty for his marriage and passion for his mistress—only to have his worldview upended at the altar. It moves at a brisk, engaging pace as calculated detachment melts into vulnerable obsession. This is a perfect read for those who delight in seeing a fiercely controlling historical hero brought entirely to his knees by the unexpected fire of his own wife.
- Mood
- swoony
- tension-filled
- romantic
- Tone
- dramatic
- passionate
- romantic
- wry
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- duty versus desire · fear of vulnerability · unexpected love · marriage and passion
- The writing
- Dramatic and emotionally charged, focusing heavily on internal desires, romantic tension, and the rigid social expectations of Regency England.
- The arc
- Moves from calculated detachment and a desire for control to a passionate, vulnerable obsession with winning a spouse's true affections.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love historical romances where a controlling lord is brought to his knees by the unexpected fire of his own wife.
Content notes
- contemplated infidelity
About the book
"If one is not marrying for love, one may as well marry for something else. My future countess has to be sufficiently docile and endowed with at least passable grace of form, deportment and address."Fate has made Gyles Rawlings a man determined to control his destiny. He has decided to wed a well-bred lady who will dutifully bear him sons, yet turn a blind eye while he takes his pleasure elsewhere. By all good accounts, Francesca will fit his bill. As for the "elsewhere," he's recently encountered a beautiful, brazen siren who will make a fine mistress, one with a fiery nature to match his own. But at the altar, Gyles discovers his bride is the bold enchantress who has inspired his deepest fantasies. Finding passion and love in the same woman has long been a secret fear. But as his world is rocked on its axis, Gyles becomes obsessed with one thing he'd thought he would never want...his wife's heart.
Description from Open Library.
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