"A lady with a secret - what will she risk to hide the truth?"

By: Isabella Bradford

Genres: Romance | Romance Historical

Posted: February 13, 2015

Isabella Bradford has a knack for creating compelling and believable characters. In A SINFUL DECEPTION, she gives us Miss Serena Carew, a woman with a troubled past and a secret that could end her comfortable new life in London, and Lord Geoffrey Fitzroy, a second son more interested in fleeting pleasures than in marriage. The fire between them sparks the moment they meet at a ball, and the more they try to resist, the more fate conspires to bring them together.

The secondary characters are complex as well, from Serena's gruff and changeable grandfather to a down-on-his-luck wounded soldier she encounters in a park. The only one who's one-dimensional is the villain of the piece, who is as vile as they come.

When reading a romance, one knows the couple will live happily ever after, and sometimes the twists that keep them apart could be easily solved by a little honestly. That's the case here, but Bradford has given Serena strong reasons for trying to conceal the truth; it's not hard to believe she would do anything to keep her secret. The final scenes had me holding my breath, waiting to see how the big reveal played out.

I recommend A SINFUL DECEPTION for readers who enjoy Georgian-era historical romance with a splash of Imperial occupation of India. This is the second book in the Breconridge Brothers series, but it will stand on its own.

Book Summary

For fans of Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Sabrina Jeffries: the seductively charming second historical romance in Isabella Bradford’s Breconridge Brothers trilogy.
 
Lord Geoffrey Fitzroy leads a charmed existence. As the second son of the Duke of Breconridge, he has none of the responsibilities of his older brother and all of the advantages, leaving handsome Geoffrey free to enjoy his rakish pursuits. And pursue them he does, leaving hearts fluttering all over London. But one night, at a ball brimming with high society’s most sought-after beauties, only one truly intrigues him: the regal, aloof, and mysterious Miss Serena Carew.
 
Magnificently dressed and wearing jewels befitting a queen, the lady is considered the prize of the season: a noble-born heiress raised in India. But even as Geoffrey’s fascination grows, Serena deflects his curiosity—and with good reason. Serena’s exotic past contains a perilous secret that could destroy her. Yet her plan to live in safe solitude is thwarted by her hungry heart, and soon Geoffrey’s passionate seduction finds her blissfully bedded—and wed. Will her deception destroy her chance at happiness as Geoffrey’s wife? Or will the devotion of her new husband bring out the hidden truth of her undying love?

A Sinful Deception by Isabella Bradford

A Sinful Deception

by: Isabella Bradford

Breconridge Brothers #2

Ballantine
March 1, 2015
On Sale: February 24, 2015
Featuring: Lord Geoffrey Fitzroy; Serena Carew
384 pages
ISBN: 0345548140
EAN: 9780345548146
Kindle: B00IQRN4WU
Paperback / e-Book

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