Review: So in love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2012
**This serial novel needs to read in order. This review may contain spoilers.**Ruination is part four in The Rake and the Recluse serial novel. The story starts right where part three leaves off. Francine has been kidnapped by the reprehensible villain, Hepplewort. At the urging of his equally disgusting, mother, Hepplewort plans to wed Francine and keep her captive against her will. Jenn LeBlanc did a brilliant job of making me hate these antagonists.This part has to be my favorite so far as I appreciated the early tension and then the sweet resolution at the end. I loved the dialogue in this part as Francine now has her voice back and used it to tell Hepplewort and his evil mother in detail how Gideon ruined her in their field."I am ruined. This man lay me down in your field, and he ruined me. He took my - my maidenhead, and claimed my body as his, and I allowed him...My womb is for his children, my mouth is for his pleasure, my body is for his use alone...And with any luck, I am already with his child." ~ FrancineThe pictures that were featured in Ruination depicted more emotion than the previous ones have. I don't want to give away too much more of what happens as I understand that this part is the conclusion of the original novel, The Rake and the Recluse. I will say that the love scenes multiply, more details of Francine's time travel are revealed and the conclusion of Francine and Gideon's romance is a nice segue into Gideon's brother's story. Parts five and six will feature Perry Trumbull, Viscount Roxeleigh's story.