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My Review:Title: The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels, #1)
Author: Kerrigan Byrne
Series: Victorian Rebels #1
Published by: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 356
Genres: Historical, Regency Romance
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:They’re rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards—dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster…
STEALING BEAUTYDorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of London’s wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who’ve wronged him…and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception—and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands…
COURTING DESIREBut Farah is no one’s puppet. She possesses a powerful secret—one that threatens her very life. When being held captive by Dorian proves to be the only way to keep Farah safe from those who would see her dead, Dorian makes Farah a scandalous proposition: marry him for protection in exchange for using her secret to help him exact revenge on his enemies. But what the Blackheart of Ben More never could have imagined is that Farah has terms of her own, igniting a tempestuous desire that consumes them both. Could it be that the woman he captured is the only one who can touch the black heart he’d long thought dead?
This one had a super sweet beginning and the pacing was pretty decent throughout. I loved how they met in the beginning but I was a bit hesitant that when they reuninted if it was for the good of them both. Dorian was a bit too evil for my tastes and I don’t think I am as strong a woman as Farah was to deal with all his demons.
He was pretty much irredeemable for me but I was really digging their interactions so instead of holding it against him, I channeled Farah and forgave him. It was hard but the bad things he did were nearly crossed out by the good things Farah did. At least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Also, the sex scenes were some of the best I have ever read in my LIFE ya’ll! The only reason this book isn’t 5 stars is the fact that while the sex scenes were fantabulous, they were also like 10 bloody pages long. I had to stop in the middle of two scenes because of it. Everyone knows you DON’T stop in the MIDDLE of a SEX scene! Right? Am I right?
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