Genres: Historical Romance
Published by Avon 
DEVIL’S DAUGHTER by Lisa Kleypas
Series: The Ravenels #5
Genre: Historical Romance
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers a scintillating tale of a beautiful, young widow who finds passion with the one man she shouldn’t…
Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he’s a mean, rotten bully. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband’s life a misery, and she’ll never forgive him for it. But when Phoebe attends a family wedding, she encounters a dashing and impossibly charming stranger who sends a fire-and-ice jolt of attraction through her. And then he introduces himself…as none other than West Ravenel.
West is a man with a tarnished past. No apologies, no excuses. However, from the moment he meets Phoebe, West is consumed by irresistible desire…not to mention the bitter awareness that a woman like her is far out of his reach. What West doesn’t bargain on is that Phoebe is no straitlaced aristocratic lady. She’s the daughter of a strong-willed wallflower who long ago eloped with Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent—the most devilishly wicked rake in England.
Before long, Phoebe sets out to seduce the man who has awakened her fiery nature and shown her unimaginable pleasure. Will their overwhelming passion be enough to overcome the obstacles of the past?
Only the devil’s daughter knows…
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“If you have any misguided thoughts about taking me into your bed, you would find it a vastly mediocre experience. I’d be on you like a crazed rabbit, and half a minute later the whole thing would be over. I used to be a proficient lover, but now I’m a burnt-out libertine whose only remaining pleasure is breakfast food. Speaking of which—”
Phoebe reached for him, brought herself up hard against him, and interrupted him with her mouth. West flinched as if scalded and held very still in the manner of a man trying to withstand torture. Undeterred, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him as passionately as she could, touching her tongue to his stiff lips. The feel and taste of him was exhilarating. Suddenly he responded with a primitive grunt and his mouth clamped on hers, wringing sensation from her with demanding pressure. Forcing her lips apart, he searched her with his tongue the way she remembered, and it felt so good, she thought she might faint. A whimper rose from her throat, and he licked and bit gently at the sound and sealed their mouths together in a deep, insatiable kiss that involved his lips, breath, hands, body, soul.
Whatever it might be like to go to bed with this man . . . it would be anything but mediocre.
★4 STARS★
Devil’s Daughter is the story of Phoebe, Lady Clare. Aptly named so because because she is the daughter of Sebastian St. Vincent from Devil in Winter. Yes, you read that correctly! She’s re entering society after observing a period of mourning for her childhood sweetheart and husband, Lord Henry Clare.
As nervous as she is to rejoin society she’s very much aware that returning to normality is in the best interests of two precocious young sons. With her family rallying around to support her, her first foray back is at her brother’s wedding festivities.
Dipping her toes in becomes more of a stumble when she comes face to face with her late husbands childhood bully, West Ravenel. He’s a devil alright, in looks and in his salacious reputation, but looks can be deceiving as Phoebe soon finds out.
Redemption is a characteristic I look for and enjoy witnessing in broken heroes, and West very fit into this category. He never felt himself worthy of Phoebe and her sons, and my heart broke for him at times, but he eventually overcame this to be the man Phoebe and her sons never doubted he could be.
When it comes to Historical Romance it really doesn’t get much better than Lisa Kleypas. Swooning over her heroes and championing her smart heroines are par for the course, but it’s her stellar writing and storytelling that always keep me coming back for more.
About Lisa Kleypas:
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree. She’s a RITA award-winning author of both historical romance and contemporary women’s fiction. She lives in Washington State with her husband Gregory and their two children.
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