And, how did someone who hadn’t yet become a mother know so well the fears, longing, and love we mothers have for our children? Perhaps I fell in love with it as well because I was a new mother, and the pathos of the story is, in great part, derived from mother love.Īfter meeting the author last year, I was even more impressed by the book because, when she wrote it, Lisa Kleypas was a fairly sheltered young woman who hadn’t experienced much of the passion so wonderfully expressed. Different than most of the romances I’d read, it featured a heroine more tortured than the hero, a so-called “fallen” woman with a wicked reputation. I first read Then Came You back in 1993, shortly after discovering romance, and it is one of the reasons I fell in love with the genre. Ward Stephen King Black Dagger Brotherhood Blog Tour Paranomal Megan Hart Night Prince Patricia Briggs Jericho Barrons Wench Advice J.R.R.Then Came You (A LLB favorite) By Lisa Kleypas, 1993, European Historicalįollowed by Dreaming of You and Against All Odds from the anthology Where’s My Hero? Rowling Man Candy A Song of Ice and Fire Nalini Singh A Game of Thrones Television Shows Harry Potter Sarah J Maas Neil Gaiman Stacia Kane Downside Ghosts J. Martin Non-Fiction Night Huntress Erotica J.K. Urban Fantasy Fangirl Fridays Chloe Neill Paranormal Romance Chicagoland Vampires Classics Science Fiction Diana Gabaldon Outlander Abigail Roux Jeaniene Frost Cut and Run Mystery Ilona Andrews M/M Speculative Fiction Crime Thriller George R.R. What could shake up the world of a man who guards his heart so fervently? Why one author, Sara Fielding, who quite literally stumbles across Derek when she is doing research for her next novel in some of the. It also might help that when you run a gambling establishment you find out your client's secrets.

However, when you are making a lot of your money via gambling, the ton can’t help but interact with you and be fascinated by the danger you exude. He doesn't have the right breeding *eye roll*. Even though he is wealthy the ton wants nothing to do with him. His will to triumph has seen him become fabulously wealthy, but guarded. His mother was a prostitute he was raised by prostitutes and did whatever it took to survive. He’s the kind of character you know you should avoid, yet his magnetism draws you in.ĭerek Craven will definitely pique your interest.

Who doesn’t love a bad boy? And Derek is as unscrupulous as they come. Dreaming of You introduces one Derek Craven to my reading life.

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