Series: The Survivors, #4
Tropes & Traits: damaged heroine; scarred, damaged hero; former soldier; hero is injured, heroine cares for him; swoonworthy; widow, single mom
Publication Date: 11.06.19
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; Hampshire, England, 1812
Rating: 5 stars!
I loved this one! Do yourself a favor and grab it! Just make sure you have some reading time blocked out because you won't be able to put it down once you've started. I've read all the books in the series thus far and this one is now my favorite. I'm a sucked for a good tortured/scarred hero and Ms. Galen sure knows how to write one. Jasper has been skulking around the shadows of previous books and it was great to see him step into the light and have his story told this time. I already can't wait for Draven's story and those of the rest of the Survivors. I'm sad there are only twelve of them.
Although Lord Jasper Grantham is the son of a marquess, he takes work as a bounty hunter and has a reputation for his skills at finding people, objects, information, what have you. Wounded and badly burned in the Napoleonic Wars, he wears a mask to cover his badly scarred face and avoid the horrified gasps and stares of those who are frightened by the sight of him.
Whilst searching for the daughter of a viscount in a small village in the south of England, Jasper is attacked, stabbed and left unconscious to die. He is discovered by Richard, a young boy, who brings his mother, Olivia, to help. Olivia, who is deathly afraid of men, sets out to defend her cottage and ensure her son's safety. She would rather the man just be dead so she can go about her business and forget him, but his weak pulse is undeniably still present and she finds herself unable to leave him to die. When he regains consciousness, Jasper recognizes Olivia as Miss Carlisle, the woman he was seeking in the first place, one he knew in society before the war. Olivia nurses him back to health and slowly begins to trust him not to harm her.
It becomes apparent that Olivia is no longer safe in her cottage and she's grown tired of hiding anyway so she agrees to journey with Jasper to her parents in London. Along the way the two acknowledge that they care for one another, but neither is exactly suitable for marriage and they know they must part once Olivia is settled with her parents. Faced with the influences and machinations of others, Olivia and Jasper must decide what is worth fighting for and begin to overcome their fears and heal together if they are to ever have a future and overcome the manipulations of those who are determined to keep them apart.
Jasper was fabulous and everything you could want in a tortured hero: vulnerable and haunted, but patient, gentle and kind. Olivia was a very independent woman, but without that nagging, annoying air the typical "independent, strong woman" is written with, therefore you just like her and root for her without being annoyed by her. You can really feel her emotions and Jasper's and their growth as a couple and as individuals made this a superb read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Although Lord Jasper Grantham is the son of a marquess, he takes work as a bounty hunter and has a reputation for his skills at finding people, objects, information, what have you. Wounded and badly burned in the Napoleonic Wars, he wears a mask to cover his badly scarred face and avoid the horrified gasps and stares of those who are frightened by the sight of him.
Whilst searching for the daughter of a viscount in a small village in the south of England, Jasper is attacked, stabbed and left unconscious to die. He is discovered by Richard, a young boy, who brings his mother, Olivia, to help. Olivia, who is deathly afraid of men, sets out to defend her cottage and ensure her son's safety. She would rather the man just be dead so she can go about her business and forget him, but his weak pulse is undeniably still present and she finds herself unable to leave him to die. When he regains consciousness, Jasper recognizes Olivia as Miss Carlisle, the woman he was seeking in the first place, one he knew in society before the war. Olivia nurses him back to health and slowly begins to trust him not to harm her.
It becomes apparent that Olivia is no longer safe in her cottage and she's grown tired of hiding anyway so she agrees to journey with Jasper to her parents in London. Along the way the two acknowledge that they care for one another, but neither is exactly suitable for marriage and they know they must part once Olivia is settled with her parents. Faced with the influences and machinations of others, Olivia and Jasper must decide what is worth fighting for and begin to overcome their fears and heal together if they are to ever have a future and overcome the manipulations of those who are determined to keep them apart.
Jasper was fabulous and everything you could want in a tortured hero: vulnerable and haunted, but patient, gentle and kind. Olivia was a very independent woman, but without that nagging, annoying air the typical "independent, strong woman" is written with, therefore you just like her and root for her without being annoyed by her. You can really feel her emotions and Jasper's and their growth as a couple and as individuals made this a superb read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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