It’s been awhile since I read a book by Ms Laurens, after having plowed through the Cynster series and many of it’s related books a few years ago. She’s written many books, and employs a lot of similar plots and characters, much like Nora Roberts does. There’s always the alpha male hero and the spirited heroine and quite a lot of steamy sex. This book is the first in the Bastion Club series, which introduces a group of seven friends who have returned from serving […]
A historical romance with kissing and scheming guardians
Sixteen year old Helena de Stansion, Comtesse D’Lisle, is spending Christmas Eve wandering around the gardens of the convent where her sister is recuperating from illness when a man suddenly drops down into the convent garden pretty much on top of her. Assuming the man is fleeing from something clandestine, she lies to the nuns and the guards when the approach her to ask if she’s seen someone on the grounds. As a thank you for protecting him, the handsome stranger gives her a kiss. […]