Her Wicked Ways
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She was his savior…
Banished from London for her reckless behavior, Lady Miranda Sinclair is robbed by a dashing highwayman en route to the country. By offering him a kiss in lieu of the jewels she had to leave behind, she commits the very type of act that caused her exile. When her dour guardians extend her punishment to performing charitable work at the local orphanage, she’s further tempted by the home’s owner, a provincial gentleman who stirs her passion.
He was her downfall…
Desperate to save his orphanage from financial catastrophe, Montgomery “Fox” Foxcroft leads a double life as a highwayman. The arrival of wealthy, well-connected Miranda, whose kiss he can’t forget, presents a lawful opportunity to increase his coffers. His problems seem solved—until she rejects his suit. Out of options and falling for the heiress, Fox must risk what principles he has left and take advantage of her wicked ways—even if it ruins them both.
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Her Wicked Ways
Miranda and Fox were an intriguing couple in this exciting tale of two people from completely different worlds. A beautiful, rich, spoiled and pampered daughter of a Duke collides with a somber, penniless landowner burdened with too many responsibilities and the resulting fireworks makes this book hard to put down and a pleasurable read.
I loved it!
Characters are so bad, I couldn’t finish
Both the hero and heroine are horrible people. They both lie constantly, the hero is a thief and the heroine is a spoiled selfish promiscuous brat. Even the heroine’s family is rude/selfish people and the rival love interest is a bad person, too. I got about half way through. The author thinks that the hero and heroine caring about an orphanage and orphans is enough to somehow rehabilitate them. At one point the hero and heroine spontaneously lie together (just to hurt the rival love interest of the heroine) and their lying conspiracy brings them closer together. It was just too much and wasn’t necessary. I don’t mind a character having the occasional character flaws; but, in this book the character flaws are incessant, making the flaws difficult to overlook. The hero rightfully belongs in jail (he could have worked harder for money, instead of wasting time going after a chick and turning to robbery). If the writer was trying to make him into a Robin Hood type character, she failed. The heroine is extremely selfish and gives the barest attention to the orphans/orphanage. I just couldn’t stand the characters anymore and I didn’t feel they deserved redemption. I also felt I wasn’t enjoying anything about this book and I was finding it laborious to read (due to its poor characters, slow plot development and lack of interesting situations). Even the hook of the first highway robbery was written poorly and was not interesting. The author tries to sprinkle in some slapstick humor in some areas; but, it’s done in a way that comes across as flat and uninteresting. Maybe you can overlook their extreme character flaws and believe in their possible eventual redemption. I just couldn’t.
Surprises abound
The story of Miranda and Fox is a long one, however, it’s worth it. I’ve read many romance novels and this one is different in a good way. It is slow to start, but whoa does it leave you surprised throughout the back-half.