My poor princess shall have anything she wants…” “Has someone displeased you? Ignored you? Oh, the insolence. Vincent had been known to coo into the infant’s ear. Readers first met Phoebe, Lady Clare, as a squalling infant in one of my favourite Sebastian, Lord Saint Vincent moments from any of his appearances: “There, darling,” St. I’m just going to assume you are familiar with all of the books and characters that feed into this one. I enjoyed everything about this first entry in a new series and am thrilled there’s six more.The Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas series has turned into “Sebastian and Evie’s Kids Get Hitched” and I am not complaining, Devil’s Daughter has the trademark Kleypas elements of wit, charm, a compelling hero, and delightful smolder. The narrator was simply wonderful, providing distinction for quite a few essential characters and was a gifted storyteller.
But the romance between Devon and Kathleen managed to stay center stage and I loved who they were together. The foundation for future stories to come were built, stoking my curiosity and anticipation. I’d forgotten how well the author develops multiple characters and storylines without it becoming weighted or convoluted. The spirited twin sisters, Cassandra and Pandora, provided lots of comic relief, especially around a pet piglet named Hamlet. His developing relationship with Kathleen was fun most of the time, charged with tension at others. Devon was perfectly “imperfect” and I liked that the transformation of his younger brother Weston (West) who came along was also a reflection of what was happening to him. It was like coming home and I knew from the first few pages this story would capture that same magic. My very first historical romance in the modern age was written by Kleypas and I was hoping this book would live up to that experience. Devon is ready to sell Eversby Priory, the ancestral family home the sisters have lived in their entire life, but he’s finding it difficult to say no to the irksome but captivating Kathleen.
Even more incredible is that Kathleen and Theo had only been married three days. What also comes with that new title are Theo’s three unmarried sisters, his widow Kathleen and an estate burdened with debt and neglect. Devon Ravenel is enjoying the aimless life of the entitled aristocracy until he inherits an earldom after his cousin Theo dies from an accidental fall.
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