Title: A Dark And Stormy KnightSeries: Victorian Rebels #7
Author: Kerrigan Byrne
Format: eARC
Length: 266 pages
Publication Date: June 2, 2020
Publisher: Gnarly Wood Publishing
Rating: 5 Stars
This Knight of the Crown is driven by a painful past and a patient fury… and his entire life is a lie.
Sir Carlton Morley is famously possessed of extraordinary will, singular focus, and a merciless sense of justice. As a man, he secured his fortune and his preeminence as Scotland Yard's ruthless Chief Inspector. As a decorated soldier, he was legend for his unflinching trigger finger, his precision in battle, and his imperturbable strength. But as a boy, he was someone else. A twin, a thief, and a murderer, until tragedy reshaped him.
Now he stalks the night, in search of redemption and retribution, vowing to never give into temptation, as it's just another form of weakness.
Until temptation lands—quite literally—in his lap, taking the form of Prudence Goode.
Prim and proper Pru is expected to live a life of drudgery, but before she succumbs to her fate, she craves just one night of desire. On the night she searches for it, she stumbles upon a man made of shadows, muscle and wrath… And decides he is the one.
When their firestorm of passion burns out of control, Morley discovers, too late, that he was right. The tempting woman has become his weakness.
A weakness his enemies can use against him.
Please enjoy the following excerpt from...
A Dark And Stormy Knight
by
Kerrigan Byrne
A Dark And Stormy Knight
by
Kerrigan Byrne
The devil’s breath was a persistent cold prickle on Cutter Morley’s neck. He’d awoken with a start in the wee hours of the morning, propped up against the doorway to St. Dismas where he’d taken refuge. Vicar Applewhite had fallen ill, and so the rectory was locked against vagrants today. More’s the pity. He’d not been able to scrape together enough money to afford a flea-bitten room for the night, but the fact that his twin, Caroline, hadn’t met him in the abbey courtyard meant she’d found a roof to sleep beneath. Or a protector willing to allow her into the warmth of his bed for a pound of flesh. She wasn’t a prostitute. Never that. She was just… desperate.
My Thoughts
Sir Carlton Morley has worked hard to rise to the level of Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard.
There are only a few souls besides himself, privy to just how far that journey has been.
From law breaker to law keeper.
From victim to vigilante.
From one thought to be ever sullied by an existence that served only
as a means of survival.
To one scoured clean through unwavering dedication to saving the lost, righting the wrongs, and helping the helpless.
Being to many...what he couldn't be for one.
His twin sister, Caroline.
A girl lost to him and the world as a teen. Brutally murdered as she plied her trade in sex work to survive.
Prudence Goode is a young woman standing on the threshold of a life that she never envisioned.
Three months...
That is all the time left to her.
Before she has to make good on her vows to love honor and obey George Hamby-Forsythe, the sixth Earl of Sutherland.
The man who, until recently, Pru had believed to be someone she could give her heart to.
But who those in the know.
Meaning every to cog in the societal rumor mill. He is a scoundrel and a rake. Only interested in the obscene amount of money that her dowry would add to his sorely lacking coffers.
Their upcoming nuptials serving only one purpose Making her in essence his property. Sold by her father in exchange for the entree into upper aristocratic circles that her marriage will bring.
But Prudence and fate have other ideas. And one night in a pleasure garden. While wrapped in shadows and moonlight.
She would meet a man who would use his body to revel to her the mysteries of heaven.
Not knowing that soon soon. In the harsh reality of daylight. He would be the same man to save her life.
And change his own...forever.
That man...one Carlton Morley.
Prudence Goode is a young woman standing on the threshold of a life that she never envisioned.
Three months...
That was all the time that was left to her.
Before she had to make good on her vows to love honor and obey George Hamby-Forsythe, the sixth Earl of .Sutherland.
The man who until recently, Pru had believed to be someone she could give her heart to.But who those in the know.
Meaning every cog in the societal rumor mill knew to be a scoundrel and a rake. Only interested in the obscene amount of money that her dowry would add to his sorely lacking coffers.
Making her in essence his property. Sold by her father in exchange for the entree into aristocratic circles that her marriage would bring.
But Prudence and fate have other ideas. And one night in a pleasure garden. While wrapped in shadows and moonlight.
She would meet a man who would use his body to revel to her the mysteries of heaven.
Not knowing that soon soon. In the harsh reality of daylight. He would be the same man to save her life.
And change his own...forever.
That man...one Carlton Morley.
In the words of the classic song...
"There she goes...."
"There she goes, again."
Authoress extraordinaire, Kerrigan Byrne is back. And better than ever.
Bringing readers this...
Her 7th offering in the Victorian Rebels series.
A series known for telling the stories of beautiful men with horrid pasts. Daring to find both love and redemption in the arms and hearts of the women they love. While managing to right a few of societies wrongs in the process.
With Sir Carlton Morley's story offering a most stellar continuation of what has ceased to become a simple series.
Entrancing all who have the chance to read it to such a degree; that the characters and their stories live on in their hearts and imaginations. In much the same way of a treasured memory.
Becoming a part of said reader.
Each addition to the saga becoming yet another facet of that memory.
Each complex plot providing yet another puzzle to be solved.
And each happy ending giving rise to yet another reason to believe in the life altering and redemptive power of true love.
*Than you to authoress, Kerrigan Byrne and Gnarly Wood Publishing for providing the copy on which this unbiased critique is based.
About Kerrigan
If you're anything like me, the best night is one spent with a brawny highlander, a mysterious werewolf, a conflicted vampire, or a hot-headed Irishman. My stories span the spectrum of romantic fiction from historical, to paranormal, to romantic suspense. But I can always promise my readers one thing: memorable and sexy Celtic heroes who are guaranteed to heat your blood before they steal your heart. Lose yourself in the enchanted Celtic Isles, you never know who, or what, will find you...
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