A good historical romance read.
The book was tolerable but had a flimsy plot, unnecessary graphic sex--mostly of the debauched nature and the simpering male character insisting that his beloved simply can't be his because of his illness/pending madness. Yawn. Then there was all the fluff in the Epilogue going on and on about characters you've heard little about, otherwise. At that point, I just wanted to get to the end--but the author did not make it easy to! I have read a lot better historical romances and was not impressed by this one.
Five years earlier Saber had won her young fancy, then mysteriously vanished. Now fate reunites them.
From the rear cover: "His hidden fury. Five years earlier Saber, the Earl of Avenall, had won her young fancy, then mysteriously vanished. Now fate reunites them and Ella stands before him: grown, beautiful, seductive. Even as Saber swears never to taint her with his own dark demons, he cannot resist her. Nor can he stand idle while vicious 'ton' gossips set out to ruin her. As their passion grows, so does his inner torment. Yet Ella knows that together they must face society-and each other's secrets-if they are to realize the full bliss of their love. Her forbidden past. Haunted by a scandalous girlhood, Ella Rossmara vows to find happiness. In London for the Season, she is matched to a man she detests-but yearns for another, the enigmatic Earl of Avenall, the man they call Saber."
