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As a girl, Emma Whiteside asked Adam Caldwell, Viscount Riverton, to wait for her to be of marriageable age. Now, twelve years later, Emma hates Adam as much as she once loved him, holding the former army major responsible for the death of her brother on the battlefield. Adam already blames himself for the loss of the men under his command. But the fiery young woman Emma's become sparks his arousal, as well as emotions Adam thought long dead. The passion between them makes him want to reclaim the man he was before the war. Though she tries to hold on to her hatred, Emma's longing for Adam is undeniable, especially after the two share a smoldering kiss. Still, Adam is certain no woman would want a man so damaged. Can Emma prove him wrong?
Historical, Romance - Novel
TBR reviewer: Tana

Review

This is a historical romance novel about a young woman named Emma Whiteside. She is a strong, independent woman who is dealing with the loss of her brother and her missing father.  Emma has been struggling to keep things afloat while her father is missing and the debts are piling up.   Now finding out they may lose their family home her only options are to agree to become the mistress of the man her father owes money to or ask the man who she
blames for the death of her twin brother for help. Adam he is still healing from the very same battle that took Emma’s brothers life. He's tormented over the death of his men in this battle. Emma’s rage is forefront and knows she must confront Adam, but will she be able to do this with so many mixed emotions inside of her. Adam who is unsure he will ever feel again, can’t take his eyes off Emma. Her touch soothes him, how can he win Emma’s heart and heal his?  

Taryn Kincaid has written a regency period romance novel with a large amount of sexual tension, her words flowed easily and her descriptions were well thought out so the reader can visualize the scenes around this story.  Her writing was so good she made me laugh and want to cry all at the same time.  This novel makes you feel the passion and the need between Emma and Adam.  

I rated this story 4 because I wish it would of been more fleshed out in some scenes. The epilogue was great and answered my questions to what happened.  I love when an author gives us readers a quick view of what the future holds for Adam and Emma.  This story was tastefully written and Taryn Kincaid is a wonderful writer.

Excerpt

The wind blew off the sea, moaning and wild, buffeting the man pacing the cliffs. 

Hidden by a wall of rock, Emma Whiteside shielded her eyes against the bite of salt spray and continued to watch him, as she did every dawn. 

Today, she thought. Today she would approach him at last. Confront him. Give him the royal tongue-lashing he deserved. She had nothing left to lose, after all. And she might not have the opportunity tomorrow. Or ever again. 

The things I will say to you, Riverton, will peel the skin from your bones and lay you lower than anything Napoleon's Grande Armée had to offer.

A small voice nagged Emma from within, the advice reasonable considering her current dire circumstances. Better to seek the man's aid than chide him. But she snapped her mind closed against the unwanted counsel. The viscount was the last man on earth she'd ever ask for help. 

Grief chilled her, numbed her heart, deadened the tender feelings she'd once had for him. Only her need for vengeance broke through her frozen emotions now. She longed to set Riverton in his place, however little effect her words might have on a man so impervious to remorse. 

But once again Emma could neither confront him nor beseech him. The evidence of his stiff-necked pride—and her own—continued to hold her back with as much force as if an unseen hand pressed down upon her shoulder. She glared in the man's direction, as if it were his hand oppressing her. 

Fierce gusts punished him, impeding his tortured progress. Pain twisted his handsome features but he confronted the gale without flinching. A tiny chip splintered off from the ice sheath encasing Emma's heart. 

Damn him. 

How do you bear it, Riverton? Are you made of stone?

She knew he was not. She saw the agony against which he fought, the stalwart way he pushed himself onward, despite the uneven gait that hampered his progress. 

A cold blast of wind whistled past, ripping the hood of Emma's cloak aside, whipping her hair against her neck. The frigid current stung her eyes, wringing reluctant tears. She blinked the moisture away and rubbed the damp trail from her cheeks. 

No tears, she instructed herself. Not for him. Never for him.
 
Riverton wore no coat or cravat. His linen flapped about him, white shirttails torn from his trousers—an unlikely flag of surrender when he refused to give quarter. 

Did you stand so against the French?

Emma could think of no oath dark enough to curse a man so remarkably stoic. She envisioned him in her mind's eye, saber raised, hastening up and down the lines, shouting at his men to hold: Major Adam Caldwell, Viscount Riverton, at his most courageous. 

She shuddered, conjuring the brutal attack that haunted her grimmest moments, the scene clouded by smoke and thunder, blurred by the limits of her grief and imagination. The battle where her twin had fallen, belly pierced by an enemy bayonet. 

Michael admired you so, Riverton. I will never stop blaming you. 'Tis time you knew it.

Anger burned within her breast, bright as her love for the viscount once had.  

And yet...her gaze swept him again, lingering on the trousers that molded his muscular thighs, the loose shirt that emphasized the breadth of his shoulders. 'Twas but the vicious wind that stole her breath, she told herself.

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Contemporary, Romance - Novel
TBR reviewer: Shyla

Review


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A Facebook Affair really reminds us what true love is all about.

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