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A review by lizabethstucker
From Duke Till Dawn by Eva Leigh
4.0
When one of the most powerful men of the realm meets a woman who does whatever she can to survive, more than sparks will fly.
Alexander Lewis, Duke of Greyland, is the perfect man of power and privilege, trained from birth as to his responsibilities to his title as well as being a role model to the rest of the Ton. A chance encounter two years earlier with a desperate widow he calls the Lost Queen has haunted his dreams, but he's well aware that he must marry and carry on the Greyland line. Unfortunately, his fiancee elopes with a cavalry man, leaving him to display a stiff upper lip to the World he inhabits. Until the night his two closest friends take him to a new gambling hell and he sees The Woman once again.
Cassandra Blake had started as a pickpocket, moving on to confidence games. While she had been very attracted to Greyland, she knew that she could never be more than a one night stand. To see him again was tearing her apart. Her lies kept piling on, but how could she ever tell him the truth, that she was nothing more than a guttersnipe to the people in his world?
An impossible pairing, yet Leigh makes it work. There is a style of characterization that this author does better than many in her field. From the start I didn't want to like Greyland, he was so rigid, but you also soon realize that he isn't cold, he is beset by the voice of his dead father, a man so consumed with his position that he didn't show his son any true affection, much less love. It is very obvious that he needs someone who truly loves him by his side and that Cassandra could be the right woman, except for an accident of birth and the necessities of living.
Beyond delightful, I recommend this to anyone who wants heroes and/or heroines out of the common norm. 4 out of 5.
Alexander Lewis, Duke of Greyland, is the perfect man of power and privilege, trained from birth as to his responsibilities to his title as well as being a role model to the rest of the Ton. A chance encounter two years earlier with a desperate widow he calls the Lost Queen has haunted his dreams, but he's well aware that he must marry and carry on the Greyland line. Unfortunately, his fiancee elopes with a cavalry man, leaving him to display a stiff upper lip to the World he inhabits. Until the night his two closest friends take him to a new gambling hell and he sees The Woman once again.
Cassandra Blake had started as a pickpocket, moving on to confidence games. While she had been very attracted to Greyland, she knew that she could never be more than a one night stand. To see him again was tearing her apart. Her lies kept piling on, but how could she ever tell him the truth, that she was nothing more than a guttersnipe to the people in his world?
An impossible pairing, yet Leigh makes it work. There is a style of characterization that this author does better than many in her field. From the start I didn't want to like Greyland, he was so rigid, but you also soon realize that he isn't cold, he is beset by the voice of his dead father, a man so consumed with his position that he didn't show his son any true affection, much less love. It is very obvious that he needs someone who truly loves him by his side and that Cassandra could be the right woman, except for an accident of birth and the necessities of living.
Beyond delightful, I recommend this to anyone who wants heroes and/or heroines out of the common norm. 4 out of 5.