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Wicked Intentions
by Elizabeth Hoyt
Re-read in 2022 for #GetGhosted with #ButDoTheyBang - I liked this even more upon a second read because I now can start tracking some foreshadowing elements and I'm more aware of all the characters we are introduced to in this series starter.
New head canon for Caire is The Witcher. YUM.
EXACTLY what I needed right now. Bless the internet and bless internet friends for persuading me to start this much beloved series.
Described to me as a historical series both complex and dark as IAD, I feel this hit the bill.
Temperance Dews is a widow who is atoning for a past "sin" by helping her brother (one of many siblings identified, so many AND LORD THE NAMES) run the foundling/orphanage home their father left to them. She holds herself apart emotionally from the children and does not find much joy in the work, but feels it is her due.
She meets Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire after he seeks out her assistance in trying to find the person responsible for the horrific death of his mistress. Lord Caire also has some secret sins, namely that he has some special proclivities in the bedroom that require mistresses willing to indulge them. And maybe just maybe the Widow Dews may also be interested in them as well.
As they hunt for the killer the reader meets a wide cast of characters I'm sure will be showing up in subsequent books. There are a few additional POVs besides Caire's and Temperance's, but they did not distract from the romance ARC.
And oh what a luscious romance. Caire, with his long silver hair and, his sword cane, and hang ups about being touched was so intriguing, and having a heroine who enjoys sex but is also ashamed of her joy in it because of PATRIARCHY was also great to see on page, especially as she learns there is nothing sinful about it at all if one is with a partner who consents.
Caire's scandalous proclivities were a bit tame after some of the stuff I've read, but hey, I'm all in for a some light BDSM.
Great start to this new journey and I cannot wait to read more!
CW for violence, child endangerment, sick infants, fear of infant death, implied sexual assault/rape (off page, secondary character).
*checked out from Overdrive during COVID19
New head canon for Caire is The Witcher. YUM.
EXACTLY what I needed right now. Bless the internet and bless internet friends for persuading me to start this much beloved series.
Described to me as a historical series both complex and dark as IAD, I feel this hit the bill.
Temperance Dews is a widow who is atoning for a past "sin" by helping her brother (one of many siblings identified, so many AND LORD THE NAMES) run the foundling/orphanage home their father left to them. She holds herself apart emotionally from the children and does not find much joy in the work, but feels it is her due.
She meets Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire after he seeks out her assistance in trying to find the person responsible for the horrific death of his mistress. Lord Caire also has some secret sins, namely that he has some special proclivities in the bedroom that require mistresses willing to indulge them. And maybe just maybe the Widow Dews may also be interested in them as well.
As they hunt for the killer the reader meets a wide cast of characters I'm sure will be showing up in subsequent books. There are a few additional POVs besides Caire's and Temperance's, but they did not distract from the romance ARC.
And oh what a luscious romance. Caire, with his long silver hair and, his sword cane, and hang ups about being touched was so intriguing, and having a heroine who enjoys sex but is also ashamed of her joy in it because of PATRIARCHY was also great to see on page, especially as she learns there is nothing sinful about it at all if one is with a partner who consents.
Caire's scandalous proclivities were a bit tame after some of the stuff I've read, but hey, I'm all in for a some light BDSM.
Great start to this new journey and I cannot wait to read more!
CW for violence, child endangerment, sick infants, fear of infant death, implied sexual assault/rape (off page, secondary character).
*checked out from Overdrive during COVID19