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Eden
Farraday has spent over half her life braving the dangers of the
Venezuelan jungle with her scientist/physician father in hopes of
finding organic cures. When the funding for her fathers work is
cut off, Eden
is thinking it’s a sure thing they’ll be leaving. She is
beyond crushed to learn that her father intends to take them even
further into the Amazon regardless. Now that the opportunity to
leave the jungle and head back to civilized
London
has arisen, Eden
is determined not to let it pass her by.
Jack
Knight meets the beautiful Edie one afternoon as he’s cruising
down a canal of the jungle on his way to meet his ship – she
fairly drops out of a tree onto them. Thinking this may just be
her chance to get out, Eden
asks the question, to which of course the answer is no. Knowing
there isn’t any other way if she intends to leave the isolation
behind, Eden
follows Jack and stows away on his ship. Considering the dealings
Jack was in the jungle to complete and the mission he’s
currently on it isn’t the safest place for Eden
to be and Jack himself sure isn’t the safest man for her to be
associated with.
As
the story unfolds, this couple is faced with a psychotic friend
who wants Eden
for himself and men who want nothing more than to prove Jack is
aiding a cause he shouldn’t be involved in.
Eden’s dreams of London
drawing rooms and dandified gentlemen are overshadowed by the
emotions she’s feeling for Jack. She stowed away with him
to find someone to love and he may have just taken over that
place, but its going to be a long road of hard-earned trust and
misunderstandings.
One
of my favourite scenes of HIS
WICKED KISS is simply in the first few days aboard the ship,
they are laying together – nothing intimate has happened as of
yet – and they are talking, whispering questions. The sensation
of butterflies and newness that you know are between the two of
them is completely palpable to the reader. Jack himself was so
unique to me because even though he did storm off, he thought
things through immediately and returned - rather than take off for
several months at sea as some regency heroes are prone to do.
Jack is trying to show the world that he can do just as much
without a dukedom as he could with it. His father didn’t think
he could do anything right, now he’s helping people who can’t
help themselves because he has the money, the power and the
ability (and the compassion) to do these things even though he
isn’t a high-standing member of society.
Ms.
Foley has ended this series with a fabulous story and genuine
characters and I do so look forward to the next segment – a new
series of Knight cousins.
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