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Average rating3.7
With those words, Lara's life turned upside down. Hunter, Earl of Hawksworth, had been lost at sea. Or so she'd been told. Their unhappy marriage--with its cold caresses and passionless kisses--was over. But now a powerful, virile man stood before her, telling secrets only a husband could know, and vowing she would once again be his wife in every way. While Lara couldn't deny that this man with smoldering dark eyes resembled Hunter, he was attentive and loving in ways he never was before. Soon she desperately wanted to believe, with every beat of her heart, that this stranger was truly her husband. But had this rake reformed--or was Lara being seduced by a cunning stranger?
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First of all, this is a book where you need to avoid spoilers 110℅. I was unfortunate enough to read a review that had a spoiler in the first line. WTH. Not on, people!
Anyway, am tad conflicted about my rating for this novel. On one hand the writing is 4-5 stars, it made me turn the pages like crazy. On the other, Lara and Hunter's romance is all kinds of WTH. I'm not sure if I would be okay with the romance if it wasn't for the good writing, because I wasn't keen on Hunter's motivations at all.
spoiler alert
it was stalkerish and creepy IMHO.
Still, I would give this novel 3.5 stars. not Kleypas' best, but still better than most.