So she sets out to go to his office and take her chance at proposing. Shyness and class-conscious relatives notwithstanding, she wants Rhys Winterborne, a powerful Welsh businessman and former shop boy who grew up in the wrong side of London and who, through ambition and determination, now owns the world's largest department store. Queuing right after Cold-Hearted Rake's epilogue, the books opens as Lady Helen Ravenel has just made up her mind about her broken engagement and her future. And of spectacularly contrived plot twists. Shyness and class-conscious relatives notwithstanding, she wants Rhys Winterborne, a powerful Welsh businessman and former shop boy who grew up in the wronĪ sweeping Victorian romance of potted orchids and self-made men, Welsh interpolations and baffling characterisations. London, 1875 Queuing right after Cold-Hearted Rake's epilogue, the books opens as Lady Helen Ravenel has just made up her mind about her broken engagement and her future. moreĢ,5 Stars A sweeping Victorian romance of potted orchids and self-made men, Welsh interpolations and baffling characterisations. the reward, a lifetime of incomparable bliss.Īnd it all begins with. As Rhys’s enemies conspire against them, Helen must trust him with her darkest secret. Helen’s gentle upbringing belies a stubborn conviction that only she can tame her unruly husband. Yet Rhys’s determined seduction awakens an intense mutual passion. Helen has had little contact with the glittering, cynical world of London society.
If he must take her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success.
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