Danvers-esque housekeeper, she outdoes Pollyanna in her burbly prattle. So once they reach the estate, complete with a Mrs. She decides the only way to fight back is to act like she loves it all. The zero plans to take her to his distant, tumbledown country estate and get a couple of “brats” (as he puts it) on her. The man’s crime? He stepped on the zero’s pet scorpion. Oh, he’s fully capable of that, because he once murdered a man. Until he kidnaps her and tells her if she doesn’t marry him, he’ll kill her younger brother. She knees Paid Rapist #2 in the groin, but the zero limps into the scene to help, so she thinks he’s a good person. The zero invites her to a house party where he gets a male guest to grope her, so he can rescue her. I wished Miranda would put the cane where canes should never go. He also calls her “my child” a lot, and that gave me creepy vibes like anything.īut we’re supposed to pity him because he has facial scars and walks with a cane. So he worms his way into Miranda’s life by sabotaging her carriage wheel and saving her.

To this zero, it means the entire family must suffer! suffer! suffer!

She shot herself when the brother broke off the engagement.

In Breathless, here’s the reason for the zero’s grudge: he had a half-sister who was engaged to Miranda’s brother. Reading Stuart’s Ice series made me brace for heroes who come this close to killing the heroines, but who also have a reason for their near-sociopathy. Then came the hero, who paid the kidnapper because he has a grudge against Miranda’s brother. Miranda had been ruined by a man who once kidnapped and raped her, but she was determined not to let him have any more power over her. I picked up an Anne Stuart historical romance called Breathless because of the opening. I very much understand the rage that makes your eyeballs feel like maybe they are boiling.īefore you read further: Trigger Warning for rape. So all you can do is write about it, and maybe share with someone who’ll understand. The book was one of those you’d like to throw to the floor and jump up and down on, except for it being library property. That reminded me I’d written something similar, so I’ve attached my rant. One thing I love about the new site design is that I discovered all the rants. Genre: Erotica/Erotic Romance, Historical: European, Romance

To love a dark lord by anne stuart