Series: The Untouchables, #12
Tropes & Traits: damaged hero; titled hero
Publication Date: 02.26.19
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; London, England
Heat Level: 4/5
Rating: 5 stars! One of my favorite heroes!
Miss Sarah Colton has decided she'll marry for love or not at all. Despite her parents pressuring her to marry, she hopes to make her own future by using funds she gathered from wagering on carriage races to open a millinery shop. It's a great plan until her parents find out about it and throw out an ultimatum: she must choose someone to marry or they'll choose someone for her.
Lord Felix Havers, the Earl of Ware, is a total cynic when it comes to love and wants no part in it. Ever. He is the master of entertainments and parties for his friends and conceals any emotion behind his charming facade. When his best friend's sister, Sarah, needs to find a husband, Felix vows to make her the most sought after lady in London. Of course he'll keep his own heart well free of the fray; he's seen what love and marriage did to his father and uncle and refuses to let the same fate befall him. He's always restless anyway and very easily bored, but he's charismatic and well-liked and he'll certainly never be lonely. Or hurt.
Having known Felix for nearly all of her life and knowing his lack of desire to ever marry, he's the only man Sarah really feels comfortable around since she doesn't have to worry about impressing him. This means Felix's plan to help her find a suitable husband actually has merit and Sarah decides to accept his help. However, neither expects the attraction that develops between them. When tragedy strikes her family, it is Felix who is there to help Sarah and her brother, Anthony, but his own issues seem sure to keep them from having any happy ending. Both Sarah and Felix insist they don't wish to marry and yet they could be the best thing to ever happen to each other.
I was highly anticipating this one after meeting Felix and Sarah in the previous book. I knew Felix's charisma had to be hiding some inner turmoil and I couldn't wait to find out just what that was. He is always keen to provide pleasure and entertainment for others, distracting himself from his own life and keeping a solid wall around his feelings that even he won't truly acknowledge. I loved that Sarah saw him for the truly generous person he is and tried to show him that same generosity. For a total cynic, Felix turned out to be a surprisingly likable hero with a heart of gold hidden well beneath his surface.
Sarah is struggling to find out who she really is, not what others have expected her to be and Felix is fighting to hide the true self that Sarah insists on bringing out in him. Felix turned out to be so much more than he initially seemed and was rather endearingly terrified of being hurt or helpless. These two are both just lonely people who don't even realize how lonely they truly are and I was a total sucker for it.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Lord Felix Havers, the Earl of Ware, is a total cynic when it comes to love and wants no part in it. Ever. He is the master of entertainments and parties for his friends and conceals any emotion behind his charming facade. When his best friend's sister, Sarah, needs to find a husband, Felix vows to make her the most sought after lady in London. Of course he'll keep his own heart well free of the fray; he's seen what love and marriage did to his father and uncle and refuses to let the same fate befall him. He's always restless anyway and very easily bored, but he's charismatic and well-liked and he'll certainly never be lonely. Or hurt.
Having known Felix for nearly all of her life and knowing his lack of desire to ever marry, he's the only man Sarah really feels comfortable around since she doesn't have to worry about impressing him. This means Felix's plan to help her find a suitable husband actually has merit and Sarah decides to accept his help. However, neither expects the attraction that develops between them. When tragedy strikes her family, it is Felix who is there to help Sarah and her brother, Anthony, but his own issues seem sure to keep them from having any happy ending. Both Sarah and Felix insist they don't wish to marry and yet they could be the best thing to ever happen to each other.
I was highly anticipating this one after meeting Felix and Sarah in the previous book. I knew Felix's charisma had to be hiding some inner turmoil and I couldn't wait to find out just what that was. He is always keen to provide pleasure and entertainment for others, distracting himself from his own life and keeping a solid wall around his feelings that even he won't truly acknowledge. I loved that Sarah saw him for the truly generous person he is and tried to show him that same generosity. For a total cynic, Felix turned out to be a surprisingly likable hero with a heart of gold hidden well beneath his surface.
Sarah is struggling to find out who she really is, not what others have expected her to be and Felix is fighting to hide the true self that Sarah insists on bringing out in him. Felix turned out to be so much more than he initially seemed and was rather endearingly terrified of being hurt or helpless. These two are both just lonely people who don't even realize how lonely they truly are and I was a total sucker for it.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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