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A review by mrs_rebadon
Wicked in Your Arms by Sophie Jordan
4.0
I always enjoy romances where equally tempestuous heroes and heroines engage in lengthy rounds of verbal sparring before passion eventually shines through and overtakes them. This is the case for heroine Grier and hero Sevastian in Sophie Jordan's "Wicked in Your Arms." And Jordan delivers quite nicely.
Several years after the deaths of her mother and beloved stepmother, Grier was a penniless orphan. At twenty-eight, she had found employment as a game master until her father, wealthy ruffian Jack Hadley, appears and brings her to London on a quest to find a good match in society. Grier agrees reluctantly, but dreads finding a husband who lives within the confines of British society's restrictions. Grier meets Sevastian, the crown prince of Maldania, after pouring her drink down his back upon hearing his disdain for her and characterization of Grier as a "social climber."
As noted earlier, this initial mutual disdain between hero and heroine eventually becomes an all-consuming passion. Sevastian begins to overlook his princely duties to marry a proper future queen, instead focusing on his growing feelings for Grier, the first woman who matches his determination, fire, and love for the outdoors.
Typical historical romance tropes do (somewhat disappointingly) assist in the ending of this love story, yet it does not mar the good feelings remaining with the reader after the final page. 4/5 - delightful characters, passionate story.
Several years after the deaths of her mother and beloved stepmother, Grier was a penniless orphan. At twenty-eight, she had found employment as a game master until her father, wealthy ruffian Jack Hadley, appears and brings her to London on a quest to find a good match in society. Grier agrees reluctantly, but dreads finding a husband who lives within the confines of British society's restrictions. Grier meets Sevastian, the crown prince of Maldania, after pouring her drink down his back upon hearing his disdain for her and characterization of Grier as a "social climber."
As noted earlier, this initial mutual disdain between hero and heroine eventually becomes an all-consuming passion. Sevastian begins to overlook his princely duties to marry a proper future queen, instead focusing on his growing feelings for Grier, the first woman who matches his determination, fire, and love for the outdoors.
Typical historical romance tropes do (somewhat disappointingly) assist in the ending of this love story, yet it does not mar the good feelings remaining with the reader after the final page. 4/5 - delightful characters, passionate story.