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It's a shame because the story line really could have worked as well e.g. family being cast away as traitors because of the father, leaving three young women to fend for themselves, and a knight coming to resuce them, etc. But the characters were dreadful! I mean, no women in her right mind would act the way the lead lady did (Sorry can't remember her name, thats how bad it was!) when the poor guy was trying to help her. The characters were just idiotic, and no guy would put up with such a woman! They had no depth, apart from the sister, who seemed like a genuine character. The plot seems to have just been strung together with thin linen, it was like Bennett was going 'Well, this will do! She can be like this here, due to that...bla bla bla!' To me this was the worst romance that I had read, such a dissapointment...
And so, she lures him to her bed and, to her shock, it is not at all they way she imagined. He's sweet, gentle and the experience is the most wonderful and passionate of her life. This was not supposed to happen! And things go from bad to worse when she discovers that this is not Radulf in her bed, but one of his men, disgraced knight Ivo de Vessey! Good Lord, what has she done?!
Ivo de Vessey is also shaken by the passion they shared and eventhough she thought he was someone else, it can't erase her response - to him. And on the most primal level, he decides that this woman is now his. But Briar is so emotionally unglued at the moment, leaving her to her own thoughts is probably for the best. And anyway he is called away by his lord to help put down a skirmish in the north. But he vows to return to her.
Though Ivo is certain that they can make a future together, Briar is not so easily convinced. What will the future hold for a disgraced knight and the daughter of a traitor? And before we can have a happy ending, Ivo must face his malevolent brother Miles and put his past to rest. While Briar has to face some unhappy truths about what really happened to her stepmother. And in the background, we see the sweet, surprising romance that blossoms between Briar's innocent younger sister Mary and Ivo's worldly fellow mercenary Sweyn. These two are adorable together!
An enjoyable and recommended read.
After a night of passion, Briar soon finds she has seduced the wrong man! Ivo de Vessey, one of Radulf's knights, is the man who falls under her spell and he is not going to let go easily. Ivo is a former knight, his hand disfigured, but he exudes danger and an attraction Briar finds undeniable. Briar instead decides to wield Ivo to her biding and exact revenge that way, though she finds she is at the mercy of the seductive pull Ivo has on her.
There are ties to Ms. Bennett's previous books, THE LILY AND THE SWORD and THE ROSE AND THE SHIELF though this book stands alone as a wonderful and fast-paced tale.
This book is more sensual than Ms. Bennett's previous books, and it is a daring move that puts Ms. Bennett's in the same category as Virginia Henley, another master who weaves romance, sensuality and history together to make the ultimate historical romance experience. Sara Bennett continues to be one of our favorites here at Romance Designs and with this book, we feel she is only getting better and better over time.
ONCE HE LOVES is a book not to be missed!
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