Under the cover of night, nothing is forbidden.
Lily St. Claire will do anything for the family that saved her from the streets. With their support, the young widow has become the hostess of The Devil's Fancy, London's most exclusive gaming den. She's determined to restore the St. Claire family fortune, lost a century before to the despised Huntington clan. But a ghost from her past may be her ultimate undoing.
Lord Aidan Huntington is handsome and wealthy, with a taste for adventure and a reputation for wickedness. A gambler and a rake, Aidan can't resist a seductive woman with secrets—but one naughty night with Lily leaves him wanting more. As Lily is drawn into London's dark underworld by an old enemy, Aidan will risk everything to save the woman who has awakened his deepest desires.
Review:
This is the 1st book in her series The Scandalous
St. Claires and it reveals many interesting characters. This first book along
with telling Lily and Aidan’s story, but it sets up for future stories around
the other family members that I find that I’m pretty eager to find out their
stores as well ;)
Lily St. Claire was born and grew up on the wrong side of the
streets until one day she came across the St. Claires and they decided to adopt
her. There is much love in her family, but she feels herself separate from
them, even though they never treat her that way. Her St. Claire family is very
big in the theater and even though she tried once and failed to be an actress,
she found a way to help her family out by doing the books for various
businesses, as she has found she is very good at numbers.
Aidan Huntington is the second son of a duke, who feels like he doesn’t really belong in a ducal home. He has traveled, and has made many friends in all walks of life. He has a passion for theater and wants to write plays, but he keeps his true self secret from his family because he knows they wouldn’t approve. Aidan is very protective and loyal and when he wants something, he doesn’t stop till he gets it.
Aidan Huntington is the second son of a duke, who feels like he doesn’t really belong in a ducal home. He has traveled, and has made many friends in all walks of life. He has a passion for theater and wants to write plays, but he keeps his true self secret from his family because he knows they wouldn’t approve. Aidan is very protective and loyal and when he wants something, he doesn’t stop till he gets it.
Lily and Aidan met as strangers in the dark of night after
Lily’s failed attempt as Juliet and found a comfort with each and share a
passionate kiss until Lily runs off. Three years later they have once again
stumbled onto each other and they are just drawn to each other, and the more
and more they are together the more the need is. Until Lily’s past collides
with her present, she is determined to keep her past a secret and to deal with
a specific person from her past on her own.
I only have a couple things that stuck out to me that bugged
me in the story. I found the side story of Aidan’s friend Freddy, who had tried
to pursue Lily, kind of pointless. I mean it gave a brief conflict between Lily
and Aidan, other than that, could have done without it. Lily and Aidan are very
intense and they can’t keep their hands off each other! While their sex scenes
were pretty hot at times it felt somewhat repetitive, such as Aidan proclaiming
how much Lily drives him crazy and how Lily goes from self doubting herself to
being a seductive minx with a few touches.
The overall story I really liked and I found myself hooked
as Lily’s past was revealed and how Aidan proved himself to more than just a
carefree rake. I enjoyed Lily’s slow course to opening up to Aidan and even
when she thought he would be disgusted by her past, she tells him anyway, and I
love Aidan’s fierceness to be her protector. Despite that the St. Claires are
determined to loathe the Huntingtons from an incident that happened 100 years
in the past, Lily can’t stay away from Aidan.
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