About the book
Lady of Desire is the fourth book in the Knight Miscellany series by
Gaelen Foley. The book was published on 7th July 2011 by Piatkus and
it is 352 pages long.
Plot
All her life, Jacinda Knight has been walking on egg shells, not
wanting to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her mother was notorious was
having many affairs and earned herself the name 'Hawkscliffe Harlot'. Unlike
her siblings who are able to marry whoever they want, Jacinda is about to be
part of an arranged marriage that she is desperate to get out of, mainly
because she knows she will end up being exactly like her mother. Determined to
live her own life, she runs away and defies her brother but really, she isn't
as tough as she thinks. Jacinda doesn't make it very far before she gets her
purse snatched and finds herself in a den of thieves, led by her saviour, Billy
Blade 'King of Thieves'.
Billy tries to keep up the tough guy act in front of Jacinda but he can
feel the chemistry between them. Luring her real identity out of her, he is
determined to be the good guy, knowing who her brothers are but before he takes
her home, he manages to steal a kiss. Once home, Jacinda is beside herself,
yearning for some more excitement and definitely more of Billy Blade but when
William Rackford turns up, her feelings are confused. She can’t help but think
she and Rackford have met before, but where from?
What I thought
This was the first of Foley's books that I read and it was the one that
got me into liking this genre. Everything about the story screams danger and
excitement but the romance makes it a bit softer than you originally think it
is.
Much like Lord of Fire, Foley takes the story into places darker than
the normal setting of the ballroom in order to get the drama right but each time;
she manages to come up with something more interesting. Gangs of thieves are
much more my kind of thing rather than the weird orgy parties that are in Lord
of Fire.
Billy Blade aka William Rackford was one of the most interesting
characters that I had the pleasure of reading about for a long time. When we
first meet him, he is a thief and the leader of a notorious gang but you could
instantly tell from the way that he speaks and acts around Jacinda that there
is something more to him. I loved the idea that he had a hidden past, one
better than where he ended up but he didn't want to acknowledge or accept it.
His personality was really interesting because he seemed to find it really easy
to be the bad guy in front of his gang but it was like he let his guard down
quite quickly with Jacinda. It was lovely to see that he was so concerned (and
scared for himself) when he found out who she really was because of her family
name. He knew exactly what her brothers would do if they found him in a
compromising situation with her. The thing that really sets Billy apart from
other historical romance heroes is that he isn't anything like them at all. He
doesn't know his way around a dance floor, he doesn't exactly have manners and
he has tattoos and he isn't afraid to be himself at all.
I wasn't too sure what to make of Jacinda to begin with. I could
totally understand that she didn't want any part of this arranged marriage but
to run away, all on her own, was so stupid. It was obvious that she was a
spoiled member of the ton and she really didn't know anything outside of her
own world so her getting into trouble was bound to happen. Even when she gets
taken into Billy's lair, she is still adamant that she is a strong, tough and
independent girl but Billy could see right through her. However, I did like
that once she had a little taste of danger and excitement, she wanted more,
even though it could have come back on her really bad which is exactly what she
didn't want. Jacinda tried to prove that she was no innocent little miss but
Billy wasn't having any of it and put her in her place quickly.
As in most of the Knight books, the other siblings come into the story
at some point but I think they had more to do with the story in this one
compared to the others. Jacinda is the only girl in the family so each brother
was very protective of her which was lovely to see, even if they didn't really
have her best interests at heart sometimes.
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