Review: Unique enough to capture your attention, Devil in My Arms, A Review for the Blog Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
We tend to romanticize the past. Give it a glorious history, share the glitz and the glitter of the ton but we forget that history was filled with people. Sure there was romance, intrigue, fame and glory but there was also poverty, greed, avarice, abuse, treachery and betrayal. Really aside from technology mankind really hasn't changed all that much, sad to say. It's up to us to find the light in the darkness, to bring joy to those around us.. to find our way so to speak. Yes, we as a species have always had our darkness but we have also always found a way into the light. Samantha Kane does a wonderful job of discovering that light and making it shine in Devil in My Arms. In book three of her Saint's Devils Series, Saint (Hilary St John) has finally met his match and of course, there is a catch.Eleanor Enderby is a desperate woman literally sold into marriage twelve years previously she has endured years of abuse. A husband who "married up" who wanted to create a dynasty but instead was given a barren bride. No way was he going to accept that, so for years he hid her away.. mentally abused her and almost destroyed who she was. Finally able to escape Eleanor has been living on fear and desperation for three long months.. but at last she deems it ok to attempt to contact her sister and maybe start her life again. Except on the very doorstep to freedom she is accosted and forced to fight, or so she thinks.. instead she finds a man who is willing to do anything to save her, Sir Hilary St. John. Man of law, man of mystery and protector of innocents.Hilary St. John appeared at school at the age of 12. No one, not even his closest friends have any idea where he came from before that. They just know that he is their friend. A Brilliant man who believes in doing the right thing, who has connections to the king and always has some mysterious job to do. So when one of his best friends calls him in to help find his wife's sister and a childhood friend. Hil does all he can to find her but she even managed to escape him, that is until he found her on her sister's doorstep. Intrigued, interested and determined to protect her, Hilary has met his match.These two have a quirky yet almost desperate relationship.. after all Eleanor is technically still married.. they can't just fall in love or can they? Choices have to be made. Is it right to love in spite of the lies that are being lived? Is Eleanor free to live as she pleases or must she forever remain in hiding?When darkness once again threatens Eleanore's life, will she fight or flee? Can she trust Hil to protect her or should she even allow him to be involved.An intricate dance of Love and Redemption, Ms Kane does a very good job of keeping us routing for these two. No matter how dark it gets!ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Devil in My Arms, provided by netgalley