Spoiler: More specific issues with the female lead Someone entirely unexperienced and naive about men doesn't suddenly become the bell of the ball, with all men wrapped around her little finger, just because she wears a pretty dress and drinks some alcohol.

I didn't care much for the h in the last book either, (so if you liked her maybe you'll like this one?), but at least she was much better in her supporting role in this story.

Her choices seemed unlikely for the time period, she was reckless, willfully daft, dishonest with herself, slow to know her own mind, inconsistent, just kind of a disaster. She had potential at the start, but went down hill for most of the rest of the book, imo. The hurdle in the way of HEA was a good one, the villain was a bit over the top, but not preposterously so, I chuckled out loud several times, I got a good feel for the secondary characters, it had a solid ending. I enjoyed this male lead since meeting him in the first book, (though dude, stop threatening to assault everyone! Not cool.). Together they will discover if love is enough to make dreams come true. And as Derek and Sara surrender to an attraction too powerful to deny, a peril surfaces from his dark past to threaten their happiness. But in a world where secrets lurk behind every shadow, he is the only man who can keep her safe. But Sara senses that beneath Derek's cynical exterior, he is capable of a love more passionate than her deepest fantasies.Īware that he is the last man that an innocent young woman should ever want, Derek is determined to protect Sara from himself, no matter what it takes. His reputation is unsavory, his scruples nonexistent. When shy and secluded author Sara Fielding ventures from her country cottage to research a novel, she inadvertently witnesses a crime in progress-and manages to save the life of the most dangerous man in London.ĭerek Craven is a powerful and near-legendary gambling club owner who was born a bastard and raised in the streets.

Dreaming of you kleypas