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LADY OF INTRIGUE
SABRINA DARBY
Released Nov 9th, 2015
Entangled Scandalous
London, 1814
Lady
Jane Langley values logic and reason over passion and emotion. Her intellect
has given her value in the eyes of both her father and society. Logic gives way
to terrible, icy fear when Jane finds herself in a devastating carriage
accident... an accident in which she is helpless to do anything but watch as
her aristocratic companion is murdered.
But
this was no mere accident. This was an assassination. Spy and grandson of Lord
Landsdowne, Gerard Badeau is methodic in his dark, shadowy work, knowing that
any display of emotion could get him killed. Something about the mysterious
woman and her cool blue eyes stays Gerard's lethal hand. Now he has both a
witness and a hostage.
And
if he doesn't kill Lady Jane Langley, he risks a fate that is far, far
worse...falling in love with her.
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My Review
Excerpt
My Review
This book really lived up to its title, with a significant amount of intrigues and hidden conspiracies being involved! But it was so much more, at the same time! It was a tribute to love between lovers, as well as family members!
But first things first...
It all started when Lady Jane Langley was involved in a -not really- accident, where she witnessed a stranger killing one of her co-passengers. The course of prior events, that are thoroughly explained later in the book, forced that stranger, named Gerard Badeau to hesitate before killing the witness. Instead, he decided to take her with him, unwilling to let her live and betray his secret and identity, but also unable to find the courage to finish her off, too.
From there on, an adventure begins for the Jane and Gerard, where the time they spend together force them to make an alliance, based at first on the severe injuries the lady has suffered and his tending to them, and later to a much deeper connection that starts to form between them slowly but on a steady pace.
I loved the way the author described this delicate blossoming of love between the heroes, while they both struggled to find themselves and realize their feelings for each other.
The whole procedure seemed very similar to what happens in real life, too, even if the people involved are not as complicated and complex as a lady and an assassin loving one other!
The book proceeded in a steady pace with no rushed feelings coming forward. Everything seemed so natural, when at first it was the close proximity and the fact that they were alone seemingly outside of the real world that brought them together, the long conversations they had with each other, the physical attraction and the need to consummate their strong feelings, and, least but not last, the actual love settling. A love that meant the abandonment of any egotistical feelings about their previous lifestyles.
There was also a strong reference to the meaning of family, referring not only to the marriage, but also to the relationship with the heroes' parents, as well as their siblings and their closed ones, something I also extremely enjoyed.
I could go on and on about the love between Jane and Gerard, and they way I perceived the whole procedure taking place, but instead, I will decide to not spoil the fun of the discovery for the rest of the readers. I will just emphasize the fact that I loved the way everything was flowing, the way the author described them, and the fact that the excitement started right from the first chapter!
All in all, 5 stars to an amazing experience of love of all kinds!
Excerpt
“When I leave—”
“Jane, you know I cannot let you.”
“You say you love me. Then let me go and trust that
I will not reveal you.”
He leaned over her, cradling her head, brought her
mouth to his. The rough fabric of his shirt rubbed against her; she parted her
legs to cradle him between them, against her, knew that she was tempting her
own control, her own ability to make either of them stop.
Lady Jane Langley. She said
her name in her head, repeated it again till the words began to hold some
modicum of meaning. Langley. Jane. But his mouth was everything, a world
of swirling colors and rich warmth, where she would never be cold, never be
hurt, always be in the cradle of his hands.
She broke away, burying her face against his neck.
“If you really love me, then would you not want my love in return?” She lifted
her head again, challenged him to meet her gaze. “As your prisoner, any love I
professed would be... false.”
Distorted.
She admired him and desired him.
“I cannot let go of you.” But this time he
was not referring to her ability to identify him. She looked away from the
tortured need of his gaze and stared at the now dark pile of ash. She
understood that agony and confusion. Her world had upended and apparently his
had as well. And though she had said she could not give him her love, her heart
ached. Somehow, as different as they were, they had found something akin in
each other, experienced some sort of communion of the souls. It was very like
love. Perhaps it even was the seeds of such an emotion, but it didn’t matter.
She pushed herself from him, reached down, buried her hand in soot. With her
other hand, she pulled at his shirt, not caring when she heard the tear of
fabric.
“Gentle, love.” His hand stilled hers but she slid
her fingers around, took his wrist between her fingers, and brought it to her
mouth. Lips pressed to that thin, sensitive skin where she could feel the pulse
of his blood, she lifted her other hand.
“Here,” she whispered, palm flat against his chest.
Then she lowered his hand from her mouth to her own breast, above where her
heart beat. She met his eyes, still blinking away the wetness from her own. “In
some way, you are right. I am yours. My heart, that ephemeral space the poets
call a soul. Everything. But still, I will leave you.”
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Sabrina Darby has been
reading romance novels since the age of seven and learned her best vocabulary
(dulcet, diaphanous, and turgid) from them. She started writing romance the day
after her wedding when she woke up with an idea for a Regency. She resides in
Southern California with her husband and son.
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