I know AAR readers love the Wallflowers series, and Devil in Winter particularly. But I feel like I should confess something first. But before I get into too much of that, Em! You mentioned offline that you loved West and I’d love to hear why he specifically worked for you.Įm: I also loved it. Now, I say that as not-a-mom, so maybe it’s more an outside-looking-in thing, but I could see why she was the way she was and the decisions she was making based on the legacy of her boys. When I read that Phoebe was a widow with two small children I was concerned that the kids would be treacly plot devices, but instead I found the way Phoebe’s identity as “mother” grounded her to be really well executed.

The heroine, Phoebe is Sebastian’s ( A Devil in Winter) daughter and the hero, Wes, is a Ravenel. Will their overwhelming passion be enough to overcome the obstacles of the past?ĭabney: The latest book by Kleypas is populated by characters from many of her prior historical romances. Vincent-the most devilishly wicked rake in England.īefore long, Phoebe sets out to seduce the man who has awakened her fiery nature and shown her unimaginable pleasure. She’s the daughter of a strong-willed wallflower who long ago eloped with Sebastian, Lord St.

What West doesn’t bargain on is that Phoebe is no straitlaced aristocratic lady. However, from the moment he meets Phoebe, West is consumed by irresistible desire…not to mention the bitter awareness that a woman like her is far out of his reach. And then he introduces himself…as none other than West Ravenel. But when Phoebe attends a family wedding, she encounters a dashing and impossibly charming stranger who sends a fire-and-ice jolt of attraction through her. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband’s life a misery, and she’ll never forgive him for it. Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he’s a mean, rotten bully.

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