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Shameless
First published 2010 · 359 pages
A breathless, danger-laced romp across Regency England where a cynical assassin and a fiercely independent debutante find love on the run.
What it feels like
This historical romance delivers a thrilling blend of high-stakes suspense and sizzling emotional tension. The narrative moves at a brisk clip, sweeping the reader into a danger-laced journey across the British countryside. It feels adventurous and tense, balancing the dark, gritty reality of an assassin on the run with the swoony, passionate beats of a classic Regency romance. The prose is action-oriented and emotionally charged, focusing heavily on the internal walls both characters must dismantle to survive. It is a story about reluctant trust and finding humanity in the darkest of places. Readers who devour forced-proximity tropes and love watching a cynical, dangerous rogue fall completely at the mercy of a fiercely independent heroine will find this an utterly captivating escape.
- Mood
- tense
- adventurous
- swoony
- danger-laced
- Tone
- dramatic
- romantic
- suspenseful
- passionate
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- fear of vulnerability · reluctant trust · finding humanity in darkness · healing power of love · forced proximity
- The writing
- Action-oriented and emotionally charged, balancing historical detail with breathless romantic tension.
- The arc
- From guarded independence and cynical detachment to desperate survival and passionate, vulnerable devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love high-stakes historical romance where danger forces opposites into close, sizzling proximity.
Content notes
- violence
- kidnapping
- murder
- peril
About the book
IN REGENCY ENGLAND, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN FINDS HER LIFE THROWN INTO TURMOIL BY THE ARRIVAL OF A HANDSOME SCOUNDREL.
Lady Elizabeth, the youngest and most headstrong of the three Banning sisters, has been engaged three times and broken them all. Her fear of becoming any man's property has earned her a reputation as a heartbreaking flirt.
Neil Severin is a wicked rogue devoid of compassion, a government-sanctioned assassin. When the ruthless organization he works for turns its agents loose on him, only Beth stands between him and a death he thought he didn't fear. In a fight for their lives, they travel the British countryside, fleeing the ruthless killers out for Neil's blood... and their growing attraction to each other.
The third in the Banning Sisters trilogy that began with the New York Times bestsellers Scandalous and Irresistible, Shameless marks a dazzling return to historical fiction for Karen Robards.
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