Lady’s companion Emma Chegwidden never expected to get caught up in the daring exploits of the notorious outlaw, The Reaper, while sojourning with her employer in a foreign country. But not only does her sensual encounters with the masked man challenge her heart, but she’s drawn to Englishman Michael Durant, under house arrest for political crimes against the country’s brutal regime. Can the two of them survive the coming revolt? Adventure and romance will sweep you away in this exciting tale of deception and love. It was Christina Dodd’s “the runaway princess” that got me into reading Historical Romances. Other than “Some Enchanted Evening” I have been satisfied with every Historical Romance that she wrote. as she began to write modern romances and Paranormals; I liked her books in that category as well, though not as much as the historical ones so when she decided that she will be releasing “In Bed with a Duke” her first historical romance in 4 years I was more than excited.The plot interested me, it had a Zorro feel to it but I have to say that I had a lot of expectations from this book and at the beginning of it I found myself not really getting into it as much as I wanted to. Emma seemed to be an interesting character and Michael has that traditional charm that most heroes have in books. Towards the middle of the book I found myself getting more and more interested in the plot. I did have a problem with Emma ‘Thanking’ the Reaper the way that she did and continued to do so for some chapters, while it’s a nice romantic twist having her meet and make love to a guy in a mask who is supposedly a Ghost; it seemed a bit rushed to me. She jumped into bed the 3rd time she met him, the previous two was when he saved her and when she hid him from Sandre’s guards. I feel that her relationship with the Reaper could have been more developed.As I said, from the middle of the book I started to get interested in it and continued to read with interest until the last page, which I finally say I can experience a book whose ending really ruined the whole thing for me. Michael’s revenge on Sandre was something I would have never thought I would read in a historical romance book or a book meant for children. The method he used as humiliation was defiantly the ultimate humiliation for the prince but I felt that i was thrown in a children’s cartoon because I couldn’t see that scene happening unless it was in a cartoon. Plus she didn’t really have to describe in details where Michael had placed the candle in, it was a bit muchI’m not saying that I didn’t enjoy the book, it did have a nice Zorro theme to it which I have been dying to read in a historical setting but I think that her previous Historicals really shined over this one.
What do You think about Suflete Pereche (2010)?
Eh...it was OK. Pleasant read but not gripping enough to keep me turning pages.
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Very enjoyable- I liked the 2 main characters a lot.
—ljones6958
