Still, fans of the genre who like Alpha heroes and modern style heroines will likely enjoy Ms.
And while the basics of the Regency era are well portrayed, several anachronisms popped up. Though the well-paced story is somewhat predictable, the writing is smooth, if somewhat rife with purple prose. While it is true both have motivation for such behaviour and eventually learn from each other, the extremes to which the author goes early on spoiled them for me. Meanwhile she is far too cold and calculating. The hero is unreasonably vengeful, blaming the heroine for his own stupidity. Foley is an accomplished writer, I found her lead characters, though well drawn, to be rather unsympathetic. There he pursues Jacinda who is determined to marry an elderly widower for convenience and gain complete independence after he dies. When he is betrayed to the authorities, he reconciles with his father to save his men and returns to society. With the smashing success of Lord of Fire and Lord of Ice, Gaelen Foley has confirmed her.
While running away from home Lady Jacinda Knight encounters handsome outlaw, Billy Blade, who is in fact Lord William Albright, Earl of Rackford and heir to his estranged father’s estate. Read Lady of Desire by Gaelen Foley available from Rakuten Kobo.
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