Series:
Duke's Guard (Book 11)
"'Tis time to let someone take care of ye, lass."
He stared into her moss-green eyes and rasped, "Let it be me."
In this Regency Romance, O'Malley must convince the angel
of the streets that the truth he suspects she hides changes nothing. He will
stand by his vow to protect her, to defend her, and to love her with every
fiber of his being.
Emmett O'Malley will move Heaven and Earth to find and
punish the man who kidnapped Michaela.
O'Malley plans to take justice into his own hands. He
suspects there is more than compassion and the need to heal that compels the
woman he has come to love to rescue others who have been unwilling victims. He
will extract more than a bloody pound of flesh from the lord responsible for
taking what Michaela refused to give.
Working alongside the angel of the streets has opened O'Malley's
eyes and his heart to someone who shares the same need to heal others. They
both believe that every life has worth and everyone deserves a second
chance…until Michaela is abducted, and he suspects she is hiding something from
him.
A decade is a long time to keep a secret… Michaela will
take hers to the grave!
Her life changes forever the night the man her father
approved of violates her. To her horror, Michaela glimpses the monster he is a
heartbeat before he steals her virtue, destroys her hopes, and crushes her
dreams.
She vows never to speak his name again, nor tell a soul
what he has done. She discovers an inner strength and calling to help heal
others the only way she can, by leading a double life. On the surface she is
the reserved daughter of a well-known physician. Beneath is a woman who works
tirelessly in the stews of London, doing all in her power to heal and help
those society shuns—other women who have had their future, good name, and
reputation stripped from them without their consent. She will not let them be
broken!
I have been looking forward to Emmett's story and was not
disappointed. I could not put the book down from the moment I picked it up
until I turned the last page. Though as tough on the outside as his brothers
and cousins, his caring heart makes him
an excellent healer. Several books ago, he met Michaela, called the Angel of
the Streets, and has been smitten ever since.
Ten years earlier, Michaela's future and dreams collapsed
when a suitor violated her and threatened to ruin her and her father's
reputations if she said anything. After working at her doctor father's side for
years, she began to assist women who had suffered the same fate secretly. It is
a dangerous endeavor, and Michaela is frequently one step ahead of those who
wish to stop her. One night, her luck runs out, and she is kidnapped.
When told of her abduction, Emmett immediately heads out
to find her. I enjoyed seeing him call on his sources throughout the city to
track her down, determined to find her before it was too late. They've worked
together several times, and Emmett realizes how much he loves her.
I loved watching Emmett and Michaela's relationship
develop. Both are healers, so they have that in common. However, Michaela
believes that her reputation keeps her from having the future she craves, even
though she tells others everyone deserves a second chance. Emmett has his work
cut out to convince her that his love is unconditional. I loved their
interactions, as Michaela's stubbornness easily matched Emmett's.
Matters are complicated by the danger that lurks for
Michaela. The man from her past wants revenge and is determined to make her
pay. Michaela's protectiveness toward her father and her understandable trust
issues make her reluctant to reveal his identity. The suspense is intense as
Emmett and other Guard members close in while Michaela remains in danger. The
ending was a nail-biter and had me glued to the pages until it was over. There
was an interesting twist involving Emmett at the end of the confrontation, with
a hilarious follow-up in the last few pages.
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