BotC01 - Enter The Brethren

✍ Scribed by Devlin, Barbara

• Book ID: 109444210
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 464 KB
• Series: Brethren of the Coast 1
• Category: Fiction
• ASIN: B008MTIY8G

✦ Synopsis

Book One in the Brethren of the Coast Series.

Fate brings them together in a dimly lit cabin. He is looking for revenge, and she is taking a bath.

Heartbroken and desperate to escape another London Season, Caroline Elliott stows away aboard a friend's ship, never dreaming she'll be mistaken for a courtesan and abducted by a handsome mariner with wounds as deep as her own. Trevor Marshall, sixth Earl of Lockwood, is a battle-hardened sea captain out to settle a score. But the inexpressibly gentle heart and unschooled passion of his beautiful captive weaken his resolve, and soon the seducer finds himself seduced by an unbridled desire unlike any he's ever known.

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Review

How awesome was this book! What I really liked was that the "path" of this romance was not your stereotypical romance. I was told once that every romance had to have a series of "Try Fails" to get to the conclusion. This is true, but this story didn't do it in the usual way. (I don't want to give it away, so read it!) There were not the protracted Big Misunderstandings that are so forced in most romance stories that I just loathe. Also, their "war" amidst polite society was hysterical. It's one of the things I like about period pieces; watching these dramatic exchanges masked in polite society. And these two were very amusing; passionate and witty yet damaged. Caroline is a spitfire, and Trevor is a good alpha male without being alpha jerk. They were both people who had issues-like we all do-but came together. There was one moment between Caroline and Trevor where it was a misunderstanding and I was sure he was going to storm out and there'd be chapters and chapters of this continuing with both being stupid and easy fixes being passed by, and the author DIDN'T DO IT. I basically fell in love then. She had the misunderstandings, but didn't drag it out past reasonability. That's what was great to me. But all the secondary characters were fun too. Interactions were obviously "buddy" interactions but weren't lousy, so many are. It's hard to write familiarity like that without it being stiff and trite, but Devlin nailed it. The ending was also very sweet, and I know there's more books and the author said I could read them too, so I'm totally comin' after her for them. This one is all about the 5 Fireballs for me. -Boom Baby Reviews

From the Author

The Brethren of the Coast and Brethren Origins Series is a connected collection of books that are written to stand alone. They can be read in any order. Each work contains a full story, with NO cliffhangers. And a word of warning, I write about love and sex , so if you're looking for a clean text, my work isn't for you.

* NOTE ***_ Arucard,*_ ** Demetrius, and Aristide ***are written in a hybrid Old English to immerse the reader in the Medieval period and provide the most authentic experience possible. Please read the samples to determine whether or not these books are for you.

Brethren of the Coast Novels

Novella/Prequel: ** Loving Lieutenant Douglas**

Book 1: ** Enter the Brethren**

Book 2: ** My Lady, the Spy**

Book 3: ** The Most Unlikely Lady**

Book 4: ** One-Knight Stand**

Book 5: ** Captain of Her Heart**

Book 6:**_ The Lucky One**_

Book 7: Love with an Improper Stranger

Book 8:* *To Catch a Fallen Spy

Novella: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

Book 9:The Duke Wears Nada

Brethren Origins Novels

Book 1: Arucard

Book 2:* *Demetrius

Book 3:* *Aristide

Pirates of the Coast Novels

Book 1: The Black Morass

Book 2: The Iron Corsair

Kindle Worlds

World of De Wolfe Pack:*Lone Wolfe *

World of De Wolfe Pack:* ** *The Big Bad De Wolfe**

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