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The Passion
384 pages
A sweeping, high-stakes historical romance where a desperate bargain in a prison cell leads to a lifetime of passionate, unexpected devotion.
What it feels like
This is a sweeping, high-stakes historical romance that thrives on dramatic tension and intense emotional push-and-pull. The narrative moves at a brisk clip, launching immediately into a desperate, scandalous bargain before settling into a deliciously tense game of cat-and-mouse. The mood is feverish and seductive, wrapping the reader in an atmosphere of forbidden desire and societal rebellion. The prose is lush and unapologetically theatrical, perfectly suited to the larger-than-life rogue and the determined heroine who must navigate their explosive chemistry. It is a book designed for readers who love the classic tropes of the genre, including the marriage of convenience and the dangerous pirate, delivered with earnest passion, high angst, and a deeply satisfying, hard-won happily ever after.
- Mood
- sweeping
- tense
- romantic
- feverish
- Tone
- passionate
- dramatic
- earnest
- seductive
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- tension between duty and desire · claiming personal agency · intoxicating forbidden love · second chances at devotion · rebellion against societal constraints
- The writing
- Lush and emotionally charged, leaning into the theatricality of historical romance with vivid, sensory descriptions of desire.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate, high-stakes bargains to a tense, slow-burn reacquaintance that explodes into undeniable devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-angst, swoony historical romances where dangerous rogues upend the lives of proper society ladies.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- threat of execution
- mild violence
About the book
Bestselling author Nicole Jordan writes intensely seductive tales of wicked pleasures and undeniable love. Now she tempts readers with her most daring romantic adventure yet....To escape marriage to a despised man twice her age, Lady Aurora Demming makes a scandalous arrangement with Nicholas Sabine, a dangerously handsome American facing execution for murder and piracy. She agrees to become his wife for one day... and one glorious, intoxicating night. Widowed, Aurora returns to London society with Nicholas's orphaned sister at her side to face a lifetime without love--until her "dead" husband returns, insisting that she honor their vows and haunting her dreams with promises of forbidden desire....From the Paperback edition.
Description from Open Library.
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