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Devil's Desire
428 pages
A stormy, vintage romance where clashing wills and forced proximity ignite into sweeping, melodramatic passion.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage historical romance feels like being swept up in a sudden, dramatic coastal storm. The atmosphere is thick with tension, set against the rugged, isolated backdrop of Cornwall, which perfectly mirrors the turbulent relationship at the storys center. The prose is lush and unapologetically melodramatic, driving a brisk pace as two fiercely stubborn characters clash in a battle of wills. It is a deeply emotional, tempestuous read that leans heavily into the tropes of its era, offering a heady mix of angst, jealousy, and eventual surrender. Fans of old-school, sweeping romances with brooding, arrogant heroes and innocent but resilient heroines will devour this passionate, emotionally charged journey.
- Mood
- stormy
- turbulent
- atmospheric
- sweeping
- Tone
- melodramatic
- passionate
- dramatic
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · clashing wills · taming the rake · awakening desire · forced proximity
- The writing
- Lush, dramatic, and heavily descriptive, carrying the sweeping melodrama typical of vintage historical romance.
- The arc
- Moves from defensive hostility and forced proximity to a turbulent, all-consuming passionate surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave old-school, tempestuous historical romances featuring brooding alpha heroes and spirited innocents.
Content notes
- forced marriage
- emotional manipulation
- vintage romance tropes
About the book
IMPETUOUS DESIRE... SEARING PASSION... ENDURING LOVE
Women mean but one thing to Lord Alex Trevegne, whose jet black hair, golden gypsy eyes, and arrogant ways have earned him the name "Devil," until circumstances -and passion-conspire to bind him to the beautiful Lady Elysia Demarice. Fleeing the brutality of an aging and spiteful aunt, Elysia encounters Alex at an inn. When the two are discovered in a compromising situation by a guest with a grudge against the "Devil," they are forced to marry. Alex is determined to leave his bride and their marriage of "inconvenience" behind at his isolated estate in Cornwall but soon discovers the innocent Elysia awakens emotions he believed himself incapable of feeling.
In a rousing, unforgettable saga that sweeps across the valleys and peaks of human destiny, the stormy alliance of beautiful young Elysia and Alex plumbs the depths of raw human emotion -- lust, jealousy and hate -- for though Alex has married Elysia, he cannot possess her in flesh or spirit. Out of the turbulence of their clashing wills comes one of the greatest love stories ever written, as their twin passions mingle at last, in a rippling tide of liquid fire!
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