Devil’s
Daughter
by Lisa Kleypas
Series: The Ravenels meet The
Wallflowers
Genre: Adult Historical Romance
Publisher: Avon Books
Publication Date: February 19, 2019
Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he’s a mean, rotten bully. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband’s life a misery, and she’ll never forgive him for it. 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. And then he introduces himself…as none other than West Ravenel.
West is a man with a tarnished past. No apologies, no excuses. 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. What West doesn’t bargain on is that Phoebe is no straitlaced aristocratic lady. She’s the daughter of a strong-willed wallflower who long ago eloped with Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent—the most devilishly wicked rake in England.
Before long, Phoebe sets out to seduce the man who has awakened her fiery nature and shown her unimaginable pleasure. Will their overwhelming passion be enough to overcome the obstacles of the past?
Only the devil’s daughter knows…
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Excerpt:
“If you have any misguided thoughts about taking me into your bed, you would find it a vastly mediocre experience. I’d be on you like a crazed rabbit, and half a minute later the whole thing would be over. I used to be a proficient lover, but now I’m a burnt-out libertine whose only remaining pleasure is breakfast food. Speaking of which—”
Phoebe reached for him, brought herself up hard against him, and interrupted him with her mouth. West flinched as if scalded and held very still in the manner of a man trying to withstand torture. Undeterred, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him as passionately as she could, touching her tongue to his stiff lips. The feel and taste of him was exhilarating. Suddenly he responded with a primitive grunt and his mouth clamped on hers, wringing sensation from her with demanding pressure. Forcing her lips apart, he searched her with his tongue the way she remembered, and it felt so good, she thought she might faint. A whimper rose from her throat, and he licked and bit gently at the sound and sealed their mouths together in a deep, insatiable kiss that involved his lips, breath, hands, body, soul.
Whatever it might be like to go to bed with this man . . . it would be anything but mediocre.
Review:
It’s been so long since I read Kleypas’s Wallflowers series–I binge-read them from the library back when I got my very first e-reader–but it was still fun to see Devil and Evie living their HEA, helping the next generation to get theirs as well. West and Phoebe’s story was wonderful. There were so many LOL moments (many involving Phoebe’s kids, who were totally adorable) counterbalanced nicely by too many swoon-worthy moments to count.
I loved West’s reformed rake–he did get a bit heavy with the “my past means I can never have a future” bit; honestly, I wanted to smack him at times–but (with a little help) he eventually got over himself to get to his HEA, and it felt real. Phoebe was the second second-chance for a previously happily married widow story I’ve read in as many weeks, which makes me so very happy…maybe the tide has turned for that troupe? Fingers crossed…
Though this is the fifth book in its series, and at least the second which also connects back to the Wallflowers, it should work fine as a standalone for those who haven’t read either. I’m woefully behind on the Ravenels series (I’ve only read #4 so far–gasp!) and read the Wallflowers ages ago, and I did just fine.
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
About the author:
New York Times bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree. She is a RITA® Award-winning author of both historical romance and contemporary women’s fiction. Her novels are published in twenty-eight different languages and are bestsellers all over the world. She lives in Washington State with her husband Gregory and their two children.
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