Grayson Locke Danforth, in his
wildest of dreams, would never have expected two things.
The first was to be recalled from
India by Queen Victoria where he worked for the quiet purposes of the crown. He
must now become the Duke of Warrick after the tragic deaths of his father and
brothers. However, tragedy is entirely in the eyes of the beholder and Grayson
never wanted the title, or to return to his family. Grayson wanted to remain
invisible, an outcast, a man in exile for the way his body and mind behaved.
The second was to be forced into
marriage with a woman from the 21st century.
Lulu is no mere woman, however,
she was a switch and worked as professional Dominatrix. When she wakes up in a
strange house, a strange world, a strange body, she isn't quite sure what to
think and is certain she's dreaming. Until the next day, when she's married off
to a man she cannot control her want of.
Lulu and Warrick begin a life
together that she could never have imagined. A life she could never have hoped
for after being taken from everything she ever knew. Trust doesn't come easily
to either of them, but it's the only thing they have.
Grayson will have to give in to
his need to submit in order to get his wife to open up and allow him to posses
her fully in return.
It's a cautious dance between two
people who have never known trust, or love.
There are not enough words to
express just how much I fell in love with this book. Grayson Locke Danforth,
the Warrick was a hero that is very easy to fall in love with, not because he’s
perfect, more because he isn’t. He’s a man who has quirks and a temper, but he
also has the ability to accept Lulu and her not very traditional Victorian
ways.
Lulu is very 21st
century, she’s a modern woman who honestly thinks she’s dreaming. I have to
give her major points for going with the flow so well. I think their wedding
was the first scene where I realized just how crazy this whole thing must have
been for her.
These two have to work things
out, how does a modern woman explain BDSM to a Victorian man, without him
thinking her a very loose woman. I think one of the reasons that Grayson was so
willing to accept some of it, besides the part where he craves the pain, was
because of his years in in India away from the overly repressive English
society.
I also fell in love with the
photography aspects in this story, I know I wasn’t really educated on how much
photography there actually was in Victorian England, but I actually felt like I
learned something from this book.
Then you add in the very sexy
BDSM scenes and the depth and love in this book was delicious. I wanted to
watch Lulu wield those whips, I wanted to see Warrick in his corset and I want
to relive this book again and again. As I read it, the book played like a movie, and I find that is one of the things that made me fall so madly in love with Lulu and Gray.
This is easily the best book I’ve
read all year. It has passion, love, a touch of insecurities and comes together
in an intricate weave that grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until I followed them
to their version of happily ever after.
All credit for the promo and images all go to Jenn Leblanc, not only is she a talented author, she's an amazing photographer. Thank you Jenn for allowing me to use your beautiful images. :)
If you would like to learn more about Jenn, either her writing or her photography, please find Jenn here!
