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A review by girlwithhearteyes
Her Prodigal Passion by Grace Callaway
4.0
4 stars
Grace Calloway is my new go-to author for steamy historical romances with good plot, and main characters who aren’t the usual lords and ladies. Charity (the FMC) is a merchant’s daughter and Paul (the MMC) is a prizefighter. She’s been in love with him for years, but he only sees her as his sister’s best friend — until he accidentally compromises her and they need to marry... then onto lots of sexy times.
I don’t usually like lack of communication as the main conflict, but it worked here because of the whole ‘new marriage due to circumstances’ thing. It made sense that they hadn’t built trust or figured out how to communicate well, and were still figuring out their emotions. Charity’s father was also a major source of conflict and a lot of that was frustrating, but in the end I found her complicated relationship with her father quite realistic. This all built up to an angsty moment that had me gasping while sitting at a traffic light - the car next to me probably thought something was seriously wrong. 😅
I do wish there was at least one less antagonist in the story though. Some had pretty small roles but there were just *so* many people causing trouble for Charity and Paul. I’m glad they finally got their HEA after all the drama.
Audiobook note - I can’t believe this was narrated by the same Erin Mallon who does all of Jana Aston’s books! Hearing her do an English accent was just wild, like a completely different person.
Grace Calloway is my new go-to author for steamy historical romances with good plot, and main characters who aren’t the usual lords and ladies. Charity (the FMC) is a merchant’s daughter and Paul (the MMC) is a prizefighter. She’s been in love with him for years, but he only sees her as his sister’s best friend — until he accidentally compromises her and they need to marry... then onto lots of sexy times.
I don’t usually like lack of communication as the main conflict, but it worked here because of the whole ‘new marriage due to circumstances’ thing. It made sense that they hadn’t built trust or figured out how to communicate well, and were still figuring out their emotions. Charity’s father was also a major source of conflict and a lot of that was frustrating, but in the end I found her complicated relationship with her father quite realistic. This all built up to an angsty moment that had me gasping while sitting at a traffic light - the car next to me probably thought something was seriously wrong. 😅
I do wish there was at least one less antagonist in the story though. Some had pretty small roles but there were just *so* many people causing trouble for Charity and Paul. I’m glad they finally got their HEA after all the drama.
Audiobook note - I can’t believe this was narrated by the same Erin Mallon who does all of Jana Aston’s books! Hearing her do an English accent was just wild, like a completely different person.