The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne (Rescued from Ruin #1)
Elisa Braden
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
3.88
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 42 ratings · Published: 01 Jan 2015
Life for Victoria Lacey should be perfect. And it is—perfectly boring. Agree to marry a lord who has yet to inspire a single, solitary tingle? Why, of course. Smile as though this is not the thousandth time he’s mentioned hounds and hunting? It’s all in a day’s work for the oh-so-proper sister of the Duke of Blackmore. Surely no one would suspect her secret longing for heart-racing, head-spinning passion. Except, perhaps, a dark stranger… on a terrace… at a ball where she should definitely not be kissing a man she has only just met.
The obsession that leads to ruin…
Hatred, not love, drives Lucien Wyatt, Viscount Atherbourne, to tempt the “Flower of Blackmore” into sin. Her brother has done unthinkable damage to Lucien’s family, and he intends to exact revenge in the only way left to him: Ruining his enemy’s sister, then stealing her from Blackmore by making her his own.
The woman who will set fire to her husband’s heart…
As Lucien carries out his ruthless plan, tutoring his new bride in the finer points of pleasure, her surrender leaves him breathless… and soon a new obsession awakens—a scandalous fascination with his irresistible wife.
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- historical 11
- regency 10
- vengeance 9
- virgin heroine 7
- marriage of convenience 5
- enemies to lovers 5
- possessive hero 5
- tortured hero 5
- alpha male 4
- rich hero 3
- third person pov 3
- grumpy/cold hero 3
- sweet/gentle heroine 2
- dual pov 1
- height difference 1
- arranged/forced marriage 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
- aristo/royal heroine 1
- m-f romance 1
- good grovel 1
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- content warnings
- slut shaming 2
- dubious consent 2
- abuse 1
- abuse between mcs 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- death / grief 1
- mental illness 1
- geography
- united kingdom 1
- europe 1
- england 1
- british isles 1
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The 'Rescued from Ruin' series
456 ratings 4.00 ·- The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne by Elisa Braden Book #1
- The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden Book #2
- Desperately Seeking a Scoundrel by Elisa Braden Book #3
- The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden Book #4
- When a Girl Loves an Earl by Elisa Braden Book #5
- Confessions of a Dangerous Lord by Elisa Braden Book #6
- Anything but a Gentleman by Elisa Braden Book #7
- A Marriage Made in Scandal by Elisa Braden Book #8
dual-pov · historical · regency · virgin heroine · explicit-open-door · third-person-pov · tortured hero · possessive hero · cold hero · sweet heroine · competent heroine · cheerful heroine · strong heroine · death · erotica · slow burn · alpha male
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