![]() Kathleen knows better than to trust a ruthless scoundrel like Devon. along with Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow whose sharp wit and determination are a match for Devon’s own. His estate is saddled with debt, and the late earl’s three innocent sisters are still occupying the house. ![]() But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted responsibilities. The pub-blurb makes Cold-Hearted Rake sound like any other standard-fare histrom, but the sheer delight and reader-joy I took in it was more than most historical romances I’ve tried to read have offered:ĭevon Ravenel, London’s most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. Though I’d read and reviewed Chasing Cassandra (back when the pubs most likely to decline a small-time reviewing outfit like Miss Bates went into pandemic-sales panic and granted ARCs right left and centre), I’m glad I went back and started the series from the first volume. But Kleypas still takes joy in the genre and it comes through in the Ravenel series. ![]() It’s sad that I side-eye so much romance these days: afraid I’ll find yet another novel with trite, or formulaic ideas or another trying so hard to do something new that it fails to come alive. ![]() If I can say a few things about Kleypas, they would be: she still writes books that made me fall in love with romance in the first place (Derek Craven!) and she’s only gotten better over time (except for the woo-woo books). ![]()
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