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The hackney coach rumbled under the arched stone passage and rolled to a halt in the torchlit innyard, but even before the driver could throw the brake, let alone descend to assist his solitary passenger, the door swung open and she jumped out - a tempestu Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Jacinda the only daughter of a scandalous women noted for her many lovers is determined not to follow in her mother's footsteps but that does not mean that she will marry where her family tells her to. She decides to runaway. However things go wrong when she is robbed and lead into an allyway in the streets of London. There she wittnesses a brutal street fight and comes face to face with the well known scoundrel Billy Blade.
Blade has lived half his life on the streets and has never seen anything as beautiful as Jacinda. He is drawn to her against his will but even theifs have honour and he knows that dispite her protests he has to return her to her family. However once she is gone he can not stop thinking about her and walks stright into a trap set up by his enemies. Thiefs and criminals fate is normally to hang but he knows only one way out and that is to make a devils bargin. He must now enter Jacinda's world against his will and dispite thier past Jacinda decides to help him fit in. But can he win this lady's heart or is she still to far out of his reach.
The first half of this book was brilliant. I loved the discription of the rookery life in the dark streets of London. Blade was the leader of one gang even when leaving the rookery he was determined to kill his rivel. The second half of the book was more what you expect from historical romance showing you the glittering world of the ton. I like Gaelen Foley's Lady of Desire as it show you a different side to London in the early 1800's. She doesn't seperate the two worlds of the rich and poor but blends them togetner to make an exciting and romantic tale.
You have to suspend your disbelief a little to accept the premise of a book which has a lady fall for a thief - and a thief who is more than he seems at that. However, once you do this is terrific fun and fairly zips along...
Also found this more light-hearted than the author usually is but it does have an interesting setting amid the Regency underworld of criminal gangs.
Its refreshing to read more of the male character's feelings. The tale of Billy Blade and Jacinda Knight is the 4th in the Knight series and again Gaelen Foley has written a great story.
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