Re-read August 2012 ( )

1881. Los cuatro hermanos Mackenzie son ricos, poderosos, peligrosos, excéntricos y… escoceses. Los escándalos y rumores que les envuelven, las habladurías sobre sus amantes y sus oscuros apetitos, tienen alborotado a todo el país. Cualquier dama sabe que si es vista con uno de ellos perderá la reputación de inmediato. Lady Eleanor Ramsay es la única que sabe toda la verdad sobre Hart Mackenzie. A pesar de que es la mujer que le rechazó y le dejó plantado prácticamente ante el altar hace ya mucho tiempo, él jamás ha podido arrancarla de su corazón. Hart lo tiene todo: un ducado, riqueza, poder, influencias… Está acostumbrado a obtener lo que quiere. Todas las mujeres le desean, su habilidad como amante es legendaria. Pero Hart ha sacrificado mucho para mantener a salvo a sus hermanos, primero de su brutal padre y luego del resto del mundo. Y la vida le ha castigado por ello, robándole lo que más quería, algo de lo que, por desgracia, se dio cuenta cuando ya era demasiado tarde. Ahora, Eleanor ha vuelto a aparecer en su vida. Se presenta ante su puerta con unas escandalosas fotografías. Intrigado por el desafío que lee en aquellos penetrantes ojos azules, y atraído por su encantadora determinación, se pregunta si su amor de juventud ha aparecido para llevarlo a la ruina… o para salvarlo.

This one was weaker than the first three I believe. The first half or so was fine, but then pretty late in the story, after they've already gotten back together, there's a long flashback of their entire courtship and breakup the first time. I think that would have been better coming out in pieces throughout their 2nd courtship instead. It took the story and their relationship backwards when it had finally gotten to a good place. Then the rest of the book sort of plodded along. Parts were good, but it was unnecessarily drawn out. And the hero does a pretty strong 180 at the end that didn't seem fully supported. (Also, small thing, a large part of the hero's history revolved around his sexual kinks, but then it was mostly just glossed over at the end of the book. It seems like that's done frequently, authors want to have it as a mysterious and dark plot point but aren't really comfortable with the topic or something. I just find it weird to build it into a big thing and then be like 'ooh, he wants to tie her up with a scarf maybe! That's really deviant, right? Also they'll perhaps do some sort of "other things" off page even!' ... You've scandalized me...). ( )

This series started off so well with Ian and has just been disappointing me ever since. :/ ( )

Previously engaged, Eleanor returns to Hart's life after receiving an interesting letters. Also revisit the rest of the Mackenzies and family. Worth reading
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