He was everything she'd ever dreamed of . . . And then he was gone.
It hasn't been easy for Marah Farnsworth to get over Caleb Talbot, the man who broke her heart. She's done her best, sequestering herself in the sleepy English countryside while convincing herself she'd be happy marrying someone else. And she's quite nearly succeeded—when she returns to London . . . and comes face to face with the man who abandoned her all those years ago.
Caleb believed he was doing the honorable thing when he disappeared from Marah's life. The shocking truth about his scandalous origins made him unfit to wed. But now, one glimpse of her has again lit a fire in his heart…and letting another man have her would be unthinkable. However, winning back Marah's love may prove the most difficult endeavor the handsome scoundrel has ever undertaken.
Jenna Peterson latest release, A Scoundrel’s Surrender, is book three in the Billingham Bastards series. This story wraps up what was started in Lessons From a Courtesan. Peterson moves through the story of Caleb and Marah filling in the holes and completing the story left open in the last installment.
Many authors attempt to show the hero and heroine struggling to keep away from each other know what they want is ostensibly not what they need. Ms. Petersen does an excellent job of this, creating situations to throw them together that ring true. While the sexual attraction is intense, the author doesn’t rely solely on it to prove the lovers should be together. Instead she showcases how much Caleb and Marah genuinely care for each other in scene after scene where they offer each other mutual support.
I recommend A Scoundrel’s Surrender as Ms. Petersen has written a first-rate love story that is both emotional and passionate.
A Scoundrel’s Surrender
Jenna Petersen
Avon
July 2011
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