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The one thing I insist upon with romance novels is true consent. Even though Millie agrees to “pay” Argent with sex for not killing her and instead taking on a role as her protector, it‘s coercion not consent. I kept hoping he‘d change his mind, that the love story would develop, and then they could be physically intimate, but no. He gets his payment and I‘m out. I‘m done with this author.

I think Argent, an assassin for hire with a horrific past that had me in tears,might be my new favorite book boyfriend.He‘s my perfect hero -tortured past that makes him emotionally cut off, until he meets our heroine.She‘s strong, no pushover,but she understands and loves him for who he is.Millie is an actress and she and her son are in danger.he has been hired to kill her,but there‘s something about her that stops him and has him protecting her.

I liked her use of humor, good plot pacing, lots of plot tension. I liked her characters, they seemed well fleshed out. Trigger warning for hero‘s tragic childhood, I nearly quit in the first chapter. The heroine is an actress, so there is plenty of drama. The plot has some of the crazy sauce, but not so much that I lost patience with the book. I would have liked a little more plot for the side characters.

(Rewind) April 6: #AprilBookishMadness and #AprilInBooks... used Layout app to get all in one pic; #favoritequote from Lady Claire is All That and the top three books are Covers with your fav. color, which is purple 💜💜💜

February 4: #riotgrams Purple (my favorite color!!)

Great book! Everyone should read!

"We are all monsters sometimes." 1877. Man who spend his entire childhood in prison is the best assassin but he can't bring himself to kill his latest target, a Polish actress with a nine year old son. Lots of angst. #romantsy #osrbc

As enjoyable as book one was. 😀

#24in48 #readathon #romantsy

A cold assassin with a traumatic past starts smoldering as soon as he meets a Polish actress with a dangerous secret that might prove fatal. Lots of gnashing of teeth a la Heathcliff and soothing understanding a la every brave romance heroine plus a Harry Potterish kid. Byrne's second Victorian Rebels novel doesn't disappoint on the melodrama or sexy times front.

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The prologue alone destroyed me! This is an awesome book of survival and finding love. Featuring non-aristocratic main characters, the heroine is an actress while the hero is an assassin sent to kill her. This is the best book of the series, so far!

The right mix of emotional entanglements, spicy sex, danger and excitement, set in Regency-era society. I loved it!