Name: Where Passion Leads
ISBN: 9780451400499

Lisa Kleypas

Rosalie Belleau falls in love with Lord Randall Berkeley, the wealthy London playboy who mistakenly kidnapped her

Where Passion Leads

Lacey

This is Lisa Kleypas' debut romance and you can definitely tell it's an old school historical romance. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did but LK took me by surprise. Just a warning, the hero does rape the heroine in the beginning. I knew it would happen going in so I could prepare myself for it. You could probably skip the first 3-ish chapters if you don't want to read that scene.

I was curious to see how LK would navigate the story after having her hero doing something so vile. The heroine hates him for it... and the hero hates himself for it. The romance is slow to build and Rand spends the rest of the book trying to atone for what he did and growing from his previous selfish, cold-hearted ways. Rosalie absolutely makes him work for her respect, friendship, and ultimately love.

I'm wondering why LK didn't just rewrite the beginning or take it out to republish this, because the rest of the story is truly fantastic.

Where Passion Leads

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