3.79 AVERAGE


The newest entry to the Sinful Brides series doesn’t disappointment. This time, its Colum’s turn to fall in love. And to find his beloved, he has to reach into the most painful time of his past and forgive the girl who he believes wronged him. For her part, Eve, Colum’s “Little Lina Duchess”, needs a bolthole while she waits for her birthday and her inheritance. All she dreams of is independence, and it is only months away.

Caldwell doesn’t bring back the characters from earlier entries in the series, and I find myself missing them! On the other hand, Adair is still left to fall and I can’t wait for his story!

Christi Caldwell has done it again! Not only does she tell an amazing story but it brought me to tears - first because it was so sad and then because it turned out so happy. This is the 4th book i the Sinful Brides series. All of these stories involve the owners of the Hell and Sin Gambling Hell. The 5 owners grew up in the street together and became a family. Now, one by one, they are each finding love.
In this story, Callum hires a female bookkeeper who is hiding from her brother. When she applied for the job, Eve didn't know that she would be working for the young boy who had hidden in their stables when she was a little girl. She had brought him food and books but when he had shown up injured and called her brother to help - her brother had him hauled away to Newgate and told her he had been hanged.
Even though he doesn't realize who she is - they can't deny their feelings for each other. But, when her brother finds out where she has been hiding he threatens to ruin the club's reputation. Callum must choose between protecting the woman he loves or the club he has built with his family. For her part, Eve will sacrifice herself to protect Callum and his family from her brother's threats.
As the two tuggle with their feelings and their duty you can only hope they will see their way to a Happily Ever After. Christi Caldwell never disappoints in the end. While all the books in this series are good this one is more touching because the hero is more open to love.
I received a free copy of this book.

Callum and Eve were unlikely childhood friends from different social classes, but when he was gravely injured after botching a pickpocketing attempt on her brother, her attempt to help him leads to his arrest and puts his life in peril. Years later she runs to his club when she's in desperate need of help, but when she realizes he's an owner she keeps her identity secret thinking he'd turn her out. I'm not crazy about relationships based on lying about both your identity and a painful shared history, so this one was kind of disappointing.