The Devil's Lagoon

by Annabel Wolfe

Beau Fallon, Lord Auberville, has decided to flee England. It is much easier than facing his ever-growing fascination with the beautiful Lady Hannah. He isn’t interested in marriage—far from it—and she is a very eligible young woman. Instead he has decided to pursue the legend of the Devil’s Lagoon, a place so deadly none have ever returned…

Stowing away on Lord Auberville’s ship is the most audacious thing she’s ever done, but Hannah is determined to find out once and for all how he feels about her. Can she seduce him and break that cool exterior? An innocent, she has no idea, but she has always craved an adventure and tropical seas and a handsome lord might just fulfill her romantic dreams…

One independent aristocratic lady and an enigmatic spy travel south together into an erotic journey of both love and danger.

Genres: Historical Romance

87 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 2, 2013

About the author

AKA Emma Wildes

Annabel Wolfe loves the unlimited possibilities of futuristic romance. New worlds, dangers we can only imagine, no rules, and of course, those dynamic heroes and independent heroines. She lives in
rural Indiana with her husband, three children, and her cat and constant companion, Mr. Poot.

Reviews

[Maura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beau, being romantically pursued by the lovely Hannah Lawson, decides to flee England and search for his cousin in South America. If it means some distance between him and the lady he's attracted to, all the better. Unfortunately for him, she decides to stow away on his ship - which makes distance impossible.

This was somewhat disappointing. In the previous story, I really liked the romance between Hannah and Beau and was hoping this would satisfy. Unfortunately, Beau didn't feel enough remorse for running away from and abandoning Hannah. We didn't get to see a drawn out sexual tension. Instead we get an anti-climactic reveal about her presence on the ship, followed by a sexual consummation with absolutely no questioning of whether or not they should have done it. Followed by an even quicker marriage proposal and acceptance. That's it? They're done?

So at this point the romance is more or less abandoned. There's no more conflict about them being together other than he's leaving her behind while he searches for his cousin...he'll be gone a week. And then at the end of the book we learn that he didn't reveal any of his secrets to her, he waits a further 3 months to tell her he loves her (after he's already admitted it to himself) and we never get to see her tell him that she's pregnant. Just skip to epilogue and he already knows. That bugs me! I want to see the reveal. So all in all, a decent read but very disappointing. Maybe my expectations were too high, but there you have it.

[Susan Frances · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strip away the elegant ambience of the English countryside and the tropical vistas of a Caribbean island and the story is about a man and a woman who fall in love. The language is mild-mannered and the characters emotions are refined even when they’re expressing intense passion. With dialogues versed like Shakespearean sonnets, the hero Lord Beau Fallon of Auberville and the heroine Lady Hannah Lawson consummate their love early in the story. Their interlude reads like a love poem as the pair plays the rash pirate and the captured princess.

The remainder of my review can be read in the March/April 2014 issue of BTS emag here: http://issuu.com/btsemag/docs/mar-apr...