excellent story, characters were so vivid!
Rachel Connery wants revenge. Her dying mother joined a cult not long before her death. Her will left all of her millions to the Foundation of Being and their leader, Lule Bardell. Rachel believes that her mother was murdered for her money, and she wants Luke to pay. Luke is an ex-con who is very good at finding gullible people to follow him and give him everything he wants. Now that he has met Rachel, he finds her fascinating and wants her to surrender to him.
Anne Stuart is one of my favorite authors because she doesn't write the same book over and over. I've always been a fan of this author and have liked most of her books, even when she features a "dark hero". But I thought his book was just awful. Luke is an uber-creepy hero who is obsessed with Rachel. At one point he molests the heroine while she is unconscious. Rachel talks a big game, but she's weak and gives in to his demands over and over. I know many people gave this book good ratings, but I feel like I need a shower after reading this one. My rating: 1 Star.
Anne Stuart is one of my favorite authors because she doesn't write the same book over and over. I've always been a fan of this author and have liked most of her books, even when she features a "dark hero". But I thought his book was just awful. Luke is an uber-creepy hero who is obsessed with Rachel. At one point he molests the heroine while she is unconscious. Rachel talks a big game, but she's weak and gives in to his demands over and over. I know many people gave this book good ratings, but I feel like I need a shower after reading this one. My rating: 1 Star.
Not the best Anne Stuart I've read. Romance is a little unbelievable. Typical dark hero, middle of the road sensuality.
Good...Definately one of her darker books
Another great book by Anne Stuart with one of the darkest of dark heros, a cult leader who inherited millions of dollars from the mother of a young woman. That young woman, who was left penniless, eventually comes to his compound to try to get some of her money back. Suspense, mystery, and romance!
Another dark hero - another great story by Anne Stuart. What more is there to say.
From the back cover:
Rachel Connery is a woman with a mission--to destroy Luke Bardell, the charismatic man who seduced millions of dollars from her dying mother, thus robbing Rachel of her inheritance. Now Rachel wants revenge--and she's willing to enter Luke's lair and risk the lure of his magnetic personality in order to get it.
Luke Bardell is a master manipulator. He always gets what he wants from people, and Rachel Connery looks like and especially easy mark. She is beautiful and angry and spoiled, and the challenge of melting her icy exterior inspires him. For Luke it is a standard ritual.
But desire is a dangerous weapon that cuts two ways. Rachel could get trapped in a nightmare of forbidden feelings...or she could use her strength and intelligence and fierce will to find a way into Luke's heart and force his utter surrender to her--body and soul.
Rachel Connery is a woman with a mission--to destroy Luke Bardell, the charismatic man who seduced millions of dollars from her dying mother, thus robbing Rachel of her inheritance. Now Rachel wants revenge--and she's willing to enter Luke's lair and risk the lure of his magnetic personality in order to get it.
Luke Bardell is a master manipulator. He always gets what he wants from people, and Rachel Connery looks like and especially easy mark. She is beautiful and angry and spoiled, and the challenge of melting her icy exterior inspires him. For Luke it is a standard ritual.
But desire is a dangerous weapon that cuts two ways. Rachel could get trapped in a nightmare of forbidden feelings...or she could use her strength and intelligence and fierce will to find a way into Luke's heart and force his utter surrender to her--body and soul.
