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Desire
517 pages
A sweeping, gothic-tinged historical romance where scorching chemistry collides with deadly espionage on the atmospheric Cornish coast.
What it feels like
Reading this feels like standing on a windswept Cornish cliff—dramatic, atmospheric, and charged with undeniable electricity. The narrative moves at a brisk, suspenseful clip, wrapping the reader in a gothic-tinged mood where danger and desire are inextricably linked. The prose is lush and emotionally heightened, perfectly suited to the intense, push-and-pull dynamic of a fiercely guarded heroine and a dangerously determined hero. It is an experience steeped in the vulnerability of passion, exploring how trust can be as terrifying as any physical peril. Fans of classic, high-angst historical romance will devour the scorching chemistry and sweeping emotional stakes. It delights readers who want their love stories laced with dark secrets, brooding protectors, and a love powerful enough to defy fate itself.
- Mood
- sensual
- atmospheric
- gothic-tinged
- sweeping
- Tone
- passionate
- dramatic
- suspenseful
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- vulnerability of passion · trust and betrayal · defying fate · marriage of convenience
- The writing
- Lush and emotionally heightened, leaning heavily into sensory details and dramatic romantic tension.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded suspicion and fatalistic dread to a hard-won, passionate surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave old-school historical romances featuring brooding alpha heroes, gothic coastal settings, and high-stakes emotional battles.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- peril and violence
- betrayal
About the book
Seducing readers with her scorching sensuality and searing romance, bestselling author Nicole Jordan weaves her most tantalizing love story yet....DESIREA legendary lover and spymaster, the darkly sensual Earl of Wycliff eludes matrimony until a brush with death makes him yearn for a son to carry on his name. The moment Lucian spies the alluring Brynn Caldwell on a Cornish beach, he knows he has found the woman he wants for his bride. Brynn believes the notorious rake's fascination with her is driven by a centuries-old curse that dooms the women of her family to tempt men--only to lead those they love to their death. Compelled by dire circumstances to marry Lucian, Brynn surrenders her body to his caresses but dares not give him her heart. Locked in a battle of wills with his bewitching wife, Lucian begins to suspect that Brynn is a traitor. Before long he finds himself lured into a web of danger and betrayal, where the price of winning his bride's elusive heart may be his own life.
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