ARC Review: Courting Trouble (Goode Girls #2) by Kerrigan Byrne
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Series: Goode Girls #2
Author: Kerrigan Byrne
Published December 8th 2020 by Gnarly Wool Publishing
Goodreads Synopsis
A brand-new deliciously wicked romance series from USA Today Bestselling Author Kerrigan Byrne. The Goode Girls are aren't simply good, they're stunning.
Doctor Titus Conleith emerged from his time as a battlefield surgeon with a mysterious fortune, a lethal secret, and a demon on his back. Ruthlessly intelligent, he was able to lift himself from his beginnings as coal-stained bastard through merciless discipline and inexhaustible skill. Alone by choice, he swore never to open his heart to another. Not after Honoria Goode. The heiress who shattered his hopes and then tread upon the shards of his heart with her bejeweled slippers. The beauty with whom he shared his first taste of passion, before she gave her hand to another.
The woman whose life he just saved from bleeding out on his table...
Honoria's life as a Viscountess has been nothing but a misery she'd brought upon herself with her own cowardice. Trapped for years in a loveless marriage to a cruel rake, she has been widowed by the consequences of his villainy. Now, she must face the man with the blazing golden eyes of the boy she once worshiped, and the dark past they both share.
As their passion reignites with the same fervor of their youth, Honoria can't help but begin to wonder...
Will he allow her the second chance she doesn't deserve?
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
After being forced to marry a cruel viscount, and suffer under his hands for years, Honoria Goode is finally free. But, the scandal of her, and her late husband's past is hanging over her like a sword, and when the only person who can save Nora from her injuries is the one person she hurt more than anyone else, she wishes it was other. Titus Conleith has love Nora ever since he was a boy working on her father's estate, and loving her, and losing her, was one of the hardest things he's ever done. Now a renowned doctor, he needs to save her from her wounds, and while she is convalescing in hiding in his London clinic, the old feelings return, and they both may finally have a shot of happiness.
I've heard of Kerrigan ever since I started reading historical fiction, but this was my first foray into her work. I found Courting Trouble to be a really quick and enjoyable read, and liked the two main characters. Nora, as the eldest Goode daughter, had the responsibility of the who family at her feet, and when she had to delay entry into society due to a bout of scarlet fever, and refusal to wed the first man her father thrust at her, she finally found love and happiness with Titus, who was a sort of jack of all trades about the estate. However, when her father finds out, Titus is thrown off the estate, Nora forced to marry, and the next ten years of her life are utter hell. She forced herself into the marriage, and when she slept around, trying to find happiness and the memory of Titus, it led her husband to murder, and crime. Nora had suffered so much in her marriage, but now that the opportunity arose where her and Titus could be together, all I wanted was for it to happen. But, Nora's father reappeared, and attempted to force her away from Titus, again, in order to protect him and his livelihood. My heart really broke for the couple, and I was overjoyed in how the book ended. Now, I really want to read more about the other Goode siblings, so will definitely be keeping an eye out for Dancing with Danger.
Dates Read:
December 19-20, 2020
Rating
3 Stars
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