Imagine him coming back an adult, fully cognizant of the torture he inflicted on you, and regretting it to the depths of his soul. Imagine him going away, but you are still the butt of all the jokes, the victim of all the pranks. Imagine a young man who is the most horrid, relentless bully in your social group. When I started reading the story, I posted this over at MyMedia: And this time, what torments him might be love… But when Elaine throws his initial apology in his face, he finds himself wanting more. At first, he only wants to make up for past wrongs. This time, though, the earl is going to discover that wallflowers can fight back.Įvan has come to regret his cruel, callow past. Her former tormenter is up to his old tricks, and she’s his intended victim. So when Evan Carlton, the powerful, popular Earl of Westfeld, singles her out upon his return to England, she knows what it means. By which I mean, despite the lower word count, the pacing and structure of the story allowed me to believe in the characters’ feelings about themselves and each other, and how these changed over time.Ī perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood, Lady Elaine Warren is resigned to her position in society. While this story is definitely shorter than, say, Proof of Seduction or Trade Me, it didn’t read like a novella. This story is set in the same ‘universe’ as the Turner brothers stories, and it’s about a fairly minor secondary character introduced in Unveiled, the first novel. You may also keep in mind that this story deals with the aftermath of bullying. However, well before I fell into the dreaded reading slump from hell, almost two years ago (dear dog, shoot me now!), I already had accumulated scarily ginormous TBR mountain ranges (both print and digital), so really, it’s not surprising some of Ms Milan’s stories had gotten lost in the shuffle there.īe warned: there are people in love and sexytimes in here, so if you don’t care to read about either, you may want to stop reading here. Yes, yes, I am one of the many who do these things–because pretty much everything I’ve read of hers, I’ve liked very well indeed. Which in turn, leads me to a confession: I do have a few Courtney Milan stories in the digital TBR.īut, I hear you say, aren’t you the one singing Ms Milan’s praises and telling us how wonderful her writing is? As I mentioned here, her review led me to–finally–reading this story. Bona, a fellow TBR Challenge participant, posted a review of this story over a year ago, on her blog.
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