

You would have attracted vermin.” She smiled. I could swoon all over again just thinking of it.” “Don’t mistake that for chivalry.” “Then what was it?” “Practicality. “Glower all you like, but for heaven’s sake, you gathered me into your arms and carried me in from the rain. She would look for the romance and he would cast it aside time and again but she wouldn’t be put off. Opposites Do AttractĮven when Ransom was trying to put her off, Izzy fed off it. He just didn’t know others thought he was dead and now he has a woman living under his roof that stirs need in him that he thought was long dead. Ransom has been living in his castle after an accident that left him a shell of a man. Unfortunately, her housemate, Ransom, is a man who has all but given up on life and who DOES NOT want to share his abode with this fair thing. Izzy’s a girl who’s had to care for herself from a young age, someone who doesn’t believe she’s beautiful and with so much time and life circumstances passing she’s given up on romance and love despite wanting both so desperately. Hoping for just a small fraction of money to get her by, she actually inherits a dilapidated castle which happens to have a Duke already living in it!

We meet poor Izzy when she barely has anything to her name and is just about out of luck until she receives a notice of a possible inheritance. This was actually my first Tessa Dare book and it won’t be my last because her writing was phenomenal and so beautifully descriptive – just the way she described the castle made it come to life and even their first kiss was described in such a beautiful way.īut what I loved most was her characters! The Best Characters to Fall For Izzy – a feisty yet innocent woman who never gives up It was SUCH a great pick and has me ready to dive into another historical romance ASAP. I selected this book as my historical romance read for the April 2020 Romance Book Reading Challenge I host at She Reads Romance Books. It definitely falls into the category of books that I lose sleep over because I didn’t want to put it down. What fairy tales were left over for a plain, impoverished, twenty-six-year-old woman who’d never even been kissed?” Tags: Wounded Hero, Opposites Attract, Forced Proximity Kindle | Paperback | Audible | Apple Books Rating : ★★★★★
