Review: Dark and Delightful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2011
Oh Wow! I loved this novel!  It was originally written in 2000 but I never read it until now. This is my first Mary Jo Putney novel and I will definitely read more.The villain in this story is so evil.  I can't remember a villain this evil in another Historical Romance.  But not to be outdone is the hero, Peregrine, who is out for revenge and becomes obsessed with his quarry.  His obsession leads him to all manner of dastardly (did I just write dastardly?) deeds in the name of vengeance.The heroine, Sara, falls under the spell of Peregrine for he has a magnetic personality and soon she has a broken engagement and is marrying the exotic newcomer.Putney has developed these vastly different personalities into characters that jump off the page.  The secondary characters are ripe for sequels and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of them in later books in the trilogy.  This is a dark historical romance.  There are truly malevolent people and even the good guys have flaws; some definitely more wicked than others.The romance is not tender and sweet, it is quick and passionate and we are left to wonder if it is just another of the hero's ploys.