Ruined
-
- 12,99 €
-
- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance graphic novel about the unexpected passion that blooms from a marriage of convenience.
The whole town is whispering about how Catherine Benson lost her virtue, though they can never agree on the details. Was it in the public garden? Or a moving carriage?
Only a truly desperate man would want her now—and that’s exactly what Andrew Davener is. His family’s estate is in disrepair, but Catherine’s sizeable dowry could set it to rights.
After the two wed, Catherine finds herself inexplicably drawn to Andrew. But could falling in love with her husband tear her marriage apart? In this richly detailed Regency romance, duty and passion collide in a slow-burn tale of intertwined fates.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this feather-light Regency romance from Vaughn (the Alex + Ada series), Searle (The Greatest Thing), and Smith (The Deep and Dark Blue), a gloom hangs over the wedding of brainy Catherine Benson to handsome, brooding Andrew Davener. Ruined by scandal, Catherine has no choice but to accept a marriage of convenience to her simultaneously "sour and amiable" groom, who needs her dowry. The two are determined not to fall in love, but romance thwarts their firm intentions. As Catherine settles into Andrew's run-down estate and befriends his housebound sister Gemma, it's only a matter of time before the already married pair realize they're kindred souls and get into bed together. None of the gentle plot turns are likely to surprise genre readers, though Vaughn livens the story with subplots featuring a colorful supporting cast, including a lesbian couple building a life together as "Sisters of a Finer Kind" and a lady's maid trying to advance in the world by opening her own shop. The art by Searle and Smith is somewhat sparse and flat but enriched by softly glowing colors. Though this sweet and sexually frank love story doesn't break any new ground, fans of Bridgerton and similar fare will swoon along its familiar path.
