Author: Lorraine Heath
Original title: Lord Of Wicked Intentions
Original title: Lord Of Wicked Intentions
Release Year: 2013
Literary Genre: Romance
Setting: England, victorian age
Series: 4° of the Lost Lord's of Pembrooke
Vote: 10/10
Literary Genre: Romance
Setting: England, victorian age
Series: 4° of the Lost Lord's of Pembrooke
Vote: 10/10
Wonderful, it's my first Lorraine
Heath's romance and I must say, she has a beautiful style; beside I
like the historical context, which is my favourite after the medieval
one.
The book opening, that could
generally be slow, exclusively descriptive and therefore not
particularly compelling, here is splendid, I was capture at the third
line; moreover the early pages are highly moving.
Rafe Easton is the younger of the Lost
lords of Pembrooke; the three
brothers (the oldest are the twins Sebastian and Tristan) who, after
their father's death, the Duke of Pembrooke, were ousted by their
evil uncle; this dramatic event forced the three kids (Rafe was only
ten and the twins were four years older) to divide their paths for
more than a decade. Unfortunately Rafe didn't accept the separation
well; left to his fate, at the beginning he was subjected to the
workhouse owner's brutality (where his brothers left him) and, after
his successful escape from there, he lived for several years in the
filthy of St. Giles, where, to survive, he had to make many
compromises, often brutal.
Now Rafe leads a
lonely life, aloof and full of grudge for those brothers (with whom
now he resumes relation but keeping it quite shallow) which he has
never forgiven for abandoning him fifteen years before.
During a supper in
which he takes part just because of some economic reasons (the host
owes him a big amount of money), he sees for the first time the
stunning Evelyn Chambers and enchanted by her beauty he can't take
his eyes off of her.
Rafe that very same
evening is obliged to take a decision which will change his and
Evelyn's lives forever.
The girl is the
Earl of Wortham's illegitimate daughter and she is quite fond of each
other; sadly he dies living her to his mean half-brother's care.
Geoffrey, who never tolerate her half-sister, now that he is the new
Earl of Wortham, is determined to cast her off and possibly gaining
something by doing that and these are the sad purposes of the supper.
Unfortunately Evelyn wasn't aware of his brother's hatred and doesn't
want to believe that he had never loved her, so when he leaves her to
Rafe's house, she can't accept that she has been sold to became the
fascinating club owner's mistress.
lt's a really lovely story, I liked every part of it: I loved when Rafe, as
to persuade himself, keeps thinking “not because he cared for
her...”; I really enjoyed his passion for sweets (which are the
only pleasures he allows himself), moreover the author deals quite
magnificently with Rafe's distress and his vulnerabilities, which I
found really interesting and strongly touching.
Evelyn, besides her
wonderful name, is quite perfect in her part: initially she is
reluctant and hostile toward Rafe, she doesn't want to lose her stern
control to comprehend that Rafe is more likely the best thing that
could have happened to her; with the young Easton she feels
appreciated, he never hides her from the society (as, on the other
hand, her father did because of her illegitimacy) and, despite his
ostensible indifference, he treats her with respect and kindness.
Finally it is
splendid the development of Rafe and his brothers relationship:
Sebastian and Tristan are extremely sorry and afflicted by their
little brother coolness and they do everything they can to make the
things right.
Buona lettura!
M.E.G.
The lost Lords of Pembrooke: 1. To taste temptation (Sebastian, Mary)
2. To seduce a sinner (Tristan, Anne)
3. Deck the halls with love (Alistair, Meredith)
4. Lord of wicked intentions (Rafe, Evelyn)Lorraine Heath's bibliography
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