WORTH MENTIONING: I really liked this book but I am looking forward to the next book MARRYING MR. She has returned to historicals and hasn’t lost a step. I look forward to reading more about them as the series continues.
This book is also filled with compelling secondary characters. It is only after he has changed that he becomes the kind of man who can love Kathleen. Even better, Kathleen doesn’t become the catalyst for change by being a loving doormat…no, she changes him by challenging him to be a better person. He just knows that he is compelled to continuously make changes in his life in order to spend more time with Kathleen. Devon doesn’t even acknowledge that he is changing throughout the novel. She realistically demonstrates how a woman can begin to change a man. Determined never to marry or have children because of his own childhood, Devon slowly begins to change as his attraction to Kathleen compels him to reconsider his notions about responsibility. His interactions with Kathleen begin to change him.
Devon also has a painful past, but he has retreated to a life of excess in order to hide his pain. Her life has been filled with pain but she has reached out to others in response. Kathleen is a woman who cares deeply although she constrains herself with rules and propriety. The relationship begins with passionate arguments and then turns to sexual passion. OPINION: Devon and Kathleen are both strong willed and they have a passionate relationship. Open warfare emerges between Devon and Kathleen but the surprising result is that Devon wants to spend more time with Kathleen and begins to try and save the estate in order to spend more time with her. She knows that the appearance of the new earl means that she must make her own plans for her future and is disgusted by Devon’s lack of caring about the history of the estate and the lives of the people who depend upon it. Kathleen was made a widow after only three days of marriage. He goes to the estate intending on sending the widow and sisters packing and selling the entirety of the estate. Devon has devoted his life to pleasure and lack of responsibility and the last thing he wants are floundering estates and caring for tenants and relatives of his cousin. THE STORY: Devon Ravenel unexpectedly inherits an earldom upon the death of his hated cousin. COLD-HEARTED RAKE has one one my favorite storylines - a man who is changed for the better by a good woman. “You are the vilest man I have ever met.”įINAL DECISION: The return by Kleypas to historical romance typifies the heartwarming, character driven, deeply romantic books that made her a favorite among readers.
A Welcome Return by Lisa Kleypas to Historical Romance
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