Lord Gabriel Sharpe has been challenged to the deadly game
he masters by Virginia Waverly to avenge the death of his brother at the hands
of Gabriel. But Gabriel counters her with a marriage proposal. His grandmother
has put a condition in front of Gabriel and his siblings – get married in a
year all none of them will get their inheritance from her. Three of his older
siblings have found their love match and settled in the normalcy of their life.
Gabriel pursues Virginia to marry him because he believes she needs him. As the
story unravels, Virginia learns about how compassionate Gabriel is and does not
believe if he is directly involved with her brother’s death. Gabriel on the
other hand feels overly responsible for Virginia believing indirectly
responsible for her financial state and hence sets out to marry her. Both love
each other but there is still an invisible wall between them – the truth about
Virginia’s brother death. As Gabriel sets out to find the truth about
Virginia’s brother death, he is risking his heart.
My Thoughts
This is the fourth novel in the series of Hellions of
Halstead Hall. I find the first novel “The truth about Lord Stoneville” so far
to be the best story of the series. This is also one of the better written
novels of the series after the first one. Lord Gabriel Sharpe unlike his
siblings is not averse to marriage based on his grandmother’s stipulation. He
wants to get married so that his youngest sister will feel pressured to follow
in their footsteps and marry and will not remain lonely. One of the highlights
in this series is the mystery behind Sharpe’s parent’s death.
This is the fourth novel in the series and each story brings us closer to the truth. It is an interesting link between all novels in the series. The relationship between Gabriel and Virginia starts off with animosity on Virginia’s part but slowly and gradually Gabriel is successful to melt her angst. She discovers a compassionate and desirable man underneath all the blackness and mystery which Gabriel projects. One of the beautiful aspects of the story is the manner in which author has developed the relationship between the two protagonists. Virginia starts to see the man beneath the hard demeanor and is attracted towards him. On the other hand Gabriel feels a sense of responsibility and a smoldering desire for Virginia. The instances where Gabriel tries to woo Virginia are some of the very romantic parts of the novel. Definite keeper, so far I have liked each and every novel of the series and this comes close to the second spot after “The truth about Lord Stoneville”.
This is the fourth novel in the series and each story brings us closer to the truth. It is an interesting link between all novels in the series. The relationship between Gabriel and Virginia starts off with animosity on Virginia’s part but slowly and gradually Gabriel is successful to melt her angst. She discovers a compassionate and desirable man underneath all the blackness and mystery which Gabriel projects. One of the beautiful aspects of the story is the manner in which author has developed the relationship between the two protagonists. Virginia starts to see the man beneath the hard demeanor and is attracted towards him. On the other hand Gabriel feels a sense of responsibility and a smoldering desire for Virginia. The instances where Gabriel tries to woo Virginia are some of the very romantic parts of the novel. Definite keeper, so far I have liked each and every novel of the series and this comes close to the second spot after “The truth about Lord Stoneville”.
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