Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Genre: Historical Romance
Year Published: 2010
Number of Pages: 531 pages
Date Read: 2/18/2017
Publisher:
Source: eARC (NetGalley) / Library
Content Rating: Ages 18+ (Gory Violence and Sex Scenes)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I would like to thank NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for
providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
“Every word you have ever
uttered, is engraved upon my heart.”
Hoo boy! It has been a while since I had last read a
historical romance novel and what better way to start off the new year than to
read a historical romance novel by a new author? When NetGalley offered me a new historical
romance book online, I was tempted to try this novel “Wicked Intentions” by Elizabeth
Hoyt out, since I had never read a romance novel by Elizabeth Hoyt before, despite hearing her name pop up in many
romance discussions. After reading this
book, I was so blown away by the raw and real romance shown in this novel!
Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, was known throughout London
as being a notorious rake who would pleasure himself with any woman he came
across. However, his main goal in this
story is to find the person who murdered his former mistress Marie and he ends
up enlisting the help of Temperance Dews, who was a widowed woman running a
foundling home that her family established.
Unfortunately, Temperance and her family were having a hard time trying
to maintain the home since they did not have enough money to support the
home. So, Lord Caire decided that he
will introduce Temperance to high society so that way she can find a benefactor
who could support the foundling home.
But in exchange for that, Temperance must help Lord Caire find Marie’s
killer in the dangerous streets of St. Giles and even though Temperance and
Lord Caire did not get along with each other at first, they both soon realize
that their feelings for each other might grow into a passion that might consume
them both!
Wow! I must admit that this was a pretty awesome read for my
first novel by Elizabeth Hoyt! I was amazed by the dangerous yet sensuous
world that Elizabeth Hoyt had
crafted and how the characters all try to survive in this type of world without
being corrupted themselves. Elizabeth Hoyt has done a fantastic job
at intertwining the murder mystery plot of Marie’s murder into the romantic
plot line between Temperance and Lord Caire as it was interesting in not only
trying to discover who Marie’s murderer is, but it was great seeing the growing
romantic relationship between Temperance and Lord Caire! But what I loved the best about this book was
how Elizabeth Hoyt wrote each
character, especially Temperance and Lord Caire! I loved the fact that both Lord Caire and
Temperance are shown as both having flaws (Lord Caire is a rake, while
Temperance has a dark past that she has trouble telling people about) and I
loved the fact that Lord Caire was trying to get Temperance to open up about
her past and Temperance was trying to show Lord Caire what true love is all
about. Although, the only nitpick I have
about the characters was that I wish we knew more about Temperance’s family
members like her brothers Winter, Concord and Asa and especially her sister
Silence who has her own side story in this book. Also, I have to say something about the…. SEX SCENES. I must say that this novel probably has the
most graphic yet sensual depiction of sex scenes I have ever read in any
romance novel and it was quite an unusual yet mesmerizing experience to behold!
For anyone who does not like strong violence and sex scenes,
this novel has plenty of violence and sex scenes that might make some readers
squirm a bit. Regarding the strong
violence, there are scenes where the victims of the murders have their stomachs
torn open by the murderer and it is described in graphic detail. The same goes for the sex scenes are they are
described much more graphically in this novel than in any other romance novel.
Overall, “Wicked
Intentions” is a fantastic read if you are into historical romances that
manage to combine murder mystery into the plot line and I definitely cannot
wait to read more stories from the rest of the characters in this story!
* 2011 All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Love Scenes
No comments:
Post a Comment