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To desire a devil
361 pages
A feverish, passionate historical romance where a wild, traumatized heir collides with the proper English miss who has secretly longed for him.
What it feels like
This eighteenth-century historical romance delivers a feverish and intense reading experience, plunging the reader into a world of aristocratic intrigue and raw, untamed passion. The mood is thick with tension and swoony drama, perfectly capturing the classic beauty-and-the-beast dynamic between a traumatized, half-mad heir reclaiming his birthright and a proper lady harboring a secret desire. The prose is sensuous and dramatic, driving a brisk pace as suspicion and wild desperation slowly give way to profound trust and romantic surrender. It is a deeply emotional journey of healing and forbidden attraction. Readers who devour stories of tortured, dangerous heroes and the steadfast women who see past their savagery will find themselves completely swept away by this intoxicating tale.
- Mood
- feverish
- swoony
- tense
- atmospheric
- Tone
- passionate
- dramatic
- intense
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- healing from trauma · forbidden desire · reclaiming identity · beauty and the beast dynamics · aristocratic intrigue
- The writing
- Sensuous and dramatic, leaning into the intense emotional stakes of historical romance.
- The arc
- Moves from feverish suspicion and wild desperation to passionate surrender and hard-won trust.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love intense, beauty-and-the-beast style historical romances with tortured heroes and steadfast heroines.
Content notes
- captivity and trauma
- fever and illness
- dubious loyalty
- sexual content
About the book
(Legend of the Four Soldiers #4)
Nothing Is More Intoxicating
Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due. Can this wild-looking man truly be the last earl's heir, thought murdered by Indians years ago?
Beatrice Corning, the niece of the present earl, is a proper English miss. But she has a secret: No real man has ever excited her more than the handsome youth in the portrait in her uncle's home. Suddenly, that very man is here, in the flesh—and luring her into his bed.
Than Surrendering to a Devil.
Only Beatrice can see past Reynaud's savagery to the noble man inside. For his part, Reynaud is drawn to this lovely lady, even as he is suspicious of her loyalty to her uncle. But can Beatrice's love tame a man who will stop at nothing to regain his title—even if it means sacrificing her innocence?
Description from Open Library.
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