Series: The Lost Lords, #1
Tropes & Traits: tortured hero; suspense
Publication Date: 09.07.17
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; England, 1804
Rating: 5 stars!
Narration Rating: 5/5
Lady Agatha Blakemore and her late husband were devastated when their young son, Graham, was lost at sea. Now, 18 years later, Lady Agatha still has not given up hope that he still lives and staunchly opposes the efforts of her other son, her nephew, and his wife, to have Graham officially declared dead and claim his estate and title for good. The only member of the household who supports her is Miss Beatrice Marlowe, her late husband's ward. When a stranger arrives claiming to be the lost Lord Graham, the mysteries and schemes being perpetrated in the castle take a decidedly darker turn.
Orphaned young, Beatrice has known Castle Black as her only home and having grown up with Graham she is able to recognize pieces of the boy she knew in the newly arrived stranger. Though he threatens her security, she cannot help but be drawn to him even though, as she becomes increasingly more sure of his identity as Lord Blakemore, she knows he is far above her and a respectable future for them would never be possible.
Graham has no intention of fitting into the mold of a society he's never truly lived in. He's spent most of his life as a sailor and sometime pirate and he's prepared to face the intrigue broiling at Castle Black and destroy anyone trying to keep him from what he wants. But what Graham most wants is to find where he belongs and he soon realizes this also means claiming Beatrice for his own. Even as he struggles to regain the lost memories of his childhood, he feels as if he knows Beatrice down to his marrow and he will not be swayed from securing his destiny. But first they must get to the bottom of the secrets hidden in Castle Black.
I read this book a couple of years ago before I began writing reviews so I decided to revisit it in audiobook form. I adored it when I read it previously, but it was much better with the narration. This book has a very delightfully gothic feel a very fast pace. I loved how a Beatrice and Graham acknowledged their connection almost from the get go; although Beatrice did try to derail them, she was always going to come around and even she knew it. These two were so obviously meant to be and the danger elements were perfect to keep me engrossed. I enjoyed this on the reread and I'm going to continue revisiting the rest of the series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2298444014
Orphaned young, Beatrice has known Castle Black as her only home and having grown up with Graham she is able to recognize pieces of the boy she knew in the newly arrived stranger. Though he threatens her security, she cannot help but be drawn to him even though, as she becomes increasingly more sure of his identity as Lord Blakemore, she knows he is far above her and a respectable future for them would never be possible.
Graham has no intention of fitting into the mold of a society he's never truly lived in. He's spent most of his life as a sailor and sometime pirate and he's prepared to face the intrigue broiling at Castle Black and destroy anyone trying to keep him from what he wants. But what Graham most wants is to find where he belongs and he soon realizes this also means claiming Beatrice for his own. Even as he struggles to regain the lost memories of his childhood, he feels as if he knows Beatrice down to his marrow and he will not be swayed from securing his destiny. But first they must get to the bottom of the secrets hidden in Castle Black.
I read this book a couple of years ago before I began writing reviews so I decided to revisit it in audiobook form. I adored it when I read it previously, but it was much better with the narration. This book has a very delightfully gothic feel a very fast pace. I loved how a Beatrice and Graham acknowledged their connection almost from the get go; although Beatrice did try to derail them, she was always going to come around and even she knew it. These two were so obviously meant to be and the danger elements were perfect to keep me engrossed. I enjoyed this on the reread and I'm going to continue revisiting the rest of the series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2298444014
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