Review: Lord of Secrets
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
Alyssa Everett is a new author and this is her second regency novel. I haven't read her first one but after reading Lord of Secrets I would be interested enough to give it a try.Rosalie has traveled with her father since she was twelve years old. She is not sophisticated like a lot of the company she hangs around with on the ships. She knew not to make herself up to look to good being a female on a ship and always tried to find older female companions to hang out with. Lord Deal has intrigued her since she first set eyes on him coming on the ship, but he is so allusive and prefers to be alone. Rosalie just thinks he needs some encouragement to be a part of things.Lord Deal always makes it an appoint to stay away from others. Ever since his father took his own life he has been alone, nobody ever gave him the time of day. He finds he rather likes being alone and then Rosalie came banging on his door in hysterics the night her father died. Now he feels that he needs to watch over her and before their time on the ship is over he has proposed marriage.Lord Deal has a lot of nasty secrets that he has bottled up inside of him. He even tries to get Rosalie to not marry him, to beg him to tell her his secrets, but she doesn't. She marries him on trust that he will care for her. Then on there wedding night he doesn't come to her room, nor does he ever seem to want to consummate the wedding. Rosalie thinks it is because she is not desirable but will his secrets disgust her and make her want to leave like Lord Deal fears?I liked Rosalie she was a very kind and considerate young lady. She always sees the best in people and she brings out the best in Lord Deal. Once she gets Lord Deal out and about talking to people he really seems to enjoy it. She makes a great lady of the house.  Lord Deal, I really felt sorry for him when you find out his secrets, I pretty much had most of it guessed but there was some of it I didn't. I wanted to smack the same lady that Rosalie wanted too. Lord Deal was very easy to fall for even though sometimes I wanted to yell at him.I absolutely love the cover! Most romances have the heroine on the cover but I like it when it has the hero on the front. Lord Deal looks so dashing and it was really the reason I wanted to read this book.Over all if you love historical romances then I would suggest you give this one a try.