EBOOK å Forbidden Shores æ Jane Lockwood
1800 Allan Pendale lawyer and the youngest son of the Earl of Frensham is bound by ship for the West Indies to impart the news to his estranged father that his mother has died But he also has another mission to find out the truth of his originsMiss Clarissa Onslowe is also on board traveling to take up the role of governess to the daughter of the wealthy planter Mr Lemarchand There is nothing to keep her in England An indiscretion f ER HR FREE now until Mon Jan 27thCaution mf mfm mmf mm But mm interactionacts; no penetration Review copy provided by the author 2nd edition A Certain Latitude★★★★½ Christ on a cracker did NOT expect that Ms Mullany you may want to consider revising the blurb a tad bit so to better prep potential readers A certain latitude indeed madame Now I'm curious as to what the original version was like ; I started and finished this last night―or rather this morning Hot Intelligent Hot Well written w moments of unexpected humour and a concurrent storyline re slaveryslave trade Oh did I mention HOT? Suffice it to say that today I'm sleep deprived and sucking hard on my venti Caramel Macchiato w a double shot A Certain Latitude was one of those reads where I was torn between speed reading so to learn what happens now dammit and slowing down so to enjoy being transported to a different era and circumstances Wanna guess what won out in the end?Only reason I didn't round up to 5 stars is that a couple of things didn't work for me Also I felt that the ending was a bit lacking almost as if the story was cut too short view spoilerFor me an Epilogue noting how everyone fared after arriving on English soil settling in probably would've satisfied better As is I didn't get the sense of a true romantic HEA bc I still wasn't sure where Clarissa's heart was at the end hide spoiler
Jane Lockwood æ Forbidden Shores MOBI
Forbidden ShoresIve years before led to her reputation being ruined; her abolitionist family has disowned her and no gentleman would marry her now But now she seeks redemption with her family by revealing the truth about the miserable lives of the slaves who work on the sugar plantationsClarissa’s previous encounter with love has left her aroused and restless and Allan is a man for whom lust is a daily pastime; thrown together belowdecks during t This is a story that is definitely different As a historical this story gets pretty brutal when it comes to relaying the experiences of the slaves and actually puts the hero in the midst of that experience as he learns view spoiler that he is the child of a slave and therefore legally a slave himself hide spoiler