Adventure awaits!And it starts with his kiss…Part of Russian Royals of Princess Anna-Maria Petrova has known stoic, upstanding Prince Stepan Shevchenko all her life. Or at least she thought she knew him. Because he’s never before looked at her the way he does now, alone together on the West Sussex coast. As if one kiss will unleash all the adventure, passion, pleasure she craves… Does she dare to discover if it’s true?
Bronwyn Scott writes historical romances for Harlequin, Mills and Boon. She has 50 titles currently in print with them.
Bronwyn's 2018 release, Dancing with the Duke's Heir was RITA finalist. Bronwyn's 2009 novel, The Viscount Claims His Bride was a RomCon finalist for best short historical, as was her 2011 release, A Thoroughly Compromised Lady.
Après un début que j'ai trouvé un peu laborieux, Anna étant un peu lassante, l'histoire prend une tournure plus active jusqu'à la fin, un peu précipitée et abrupte à mon goût. J'aurai aimé en savoir plus sur le sort de certains personnages. Un épilogue global de la série aurait été bienvenu. Une lecture agréable.
a very compelling story of a young woman falling in love with her brother's best friend while he's trying his best NOT to fall in love with her. Stepan has become a smuggler and its become harder to get his goods into England when a new captain is making it impossible and wants to make him an example. He's cunning and goes above the law to get what he wants and he's not afraid to use force if necessary. Creative ending and a nice conclusion for this story and series. The author had me reading late into the night because I couldn't put it down and wanted to finish it because it got so exciting towards the end.
This was such a great closure to the Kuban series. Anna's story of her struggles of growing up under the harsh hand of her grieving father added to the desire to be a young independent woman made for and interesting mix of wild moments. Stephan in the previous books was just there, being the voice of reason, finally is put to the challenge and like any stubborn horse is finally broken. I enjoyed to overall story. The element of suspense, fun, romance was well balanced.