Review: Hooked on These Characters, Their Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Okay, okay, I'll admit it. I'm a cover gal and---yes---I was taken with the cover to Natasha Blackthorne's 'Trust Me (Regency Risks, #2).I AM, though, familiar with Ms. Blackthorne's writing, her delicious, multi dimensional characters---her honesty in portraying them. So I knew it was safe to dig into a book of hers because of an attraction to its cover.All of Ms. Blackthorne's characters have enthralled me. And this Jon Lloyd, Earl of Rule was no exception. He intrigued me and---yes---he aroused me. What can I say? I found him disarmingly cool and his dry humor, painted in fabulous dialogue and mannerisms, was delightful. And yet somehow his cool persona was offset and---betrayed, maybe---by his passion, his pure, unadulterated desire. Damn, I found him so fabulouslyirresistible.His patience with Anne, his wife, his fierce protectiveness of her when she's pitted against his family---against society---makes him even more appealing.I never venture into plot in reviews, as you know. But I will say that the storyline was intriguing. Very much so. As always, Ms. Blackthorne goes outside the norm for romance to bring the reader an unusual story. A very personal story with real people with real emotions. Men and women we relate to.The only problem now, for me, is that I was SO enraptured with Jon and Anne that I must go back to the first installment to read it. I'm dying to see where their story began.Oh...how could I forget? The chemistry between Anne and Jon is sensual, steamy, electric. A beautiful case of want and need trying to be overshadowed by the seeking of trust.Highly recommended.