Love with A Notorious Rake by Karyn Gerrard

Love with a Notorious Rake by Karyn Gerrard
Series: The Men of Wollstonecraft Hall series Book #3
on December 4, 2018
Genres: Fiction / Historical / General, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Victorian, Fiction / Sagas
Pages: 223
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He’s as dangerous as he is irresistible . . .
 
The heir to his family’s fortune, Aidan Wollstonecraft is ready to put his prodigal ways in the past and prove himself worthy of his illustrious name.  Going undercover in a factory to expose the wretched working conditions, Aidan believes his noble act will lead him to a better future. Until he’s reunited with the sweet beauty who saw him through his darkest days. Cristyn Bevan stirs him like no other woman before. Makes him yearn to claim her, despite the damning curse that dooms any Wollstonecraft wife to an all-too-early death . . .
 
To fall for Aidan would be her undoing. Yet, something about the blue-blooded scoundrel draws Cristyn to him like a moth to a deadly flame. Is it a desire to heal him that keeps the lovely nurse close? Or her secret hope that somehow, some way, Aidan can let go of his dark past and see the light—and the love—waiting for him?
 
“Karyn Gerrard writes very enjoyable, richly textured historical romances.”
—Kate Pearce, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

Love with A Notorious Rake is book three in The Men of Wollstonecraft Hall series by Karyn Gerrard. I struggled through this book. Aidan Wollstonecraft starts off as a total jerk. He meets the heroine Cristyn Bevan while recovering from opium addiction in a sanatorium. Cristyn is his nurse and proves a life line through dark days. But once he recovers, Aidan leaves her behind without a backward glance. For most of the book I struggled to even like Aidan. He is completely self centered and debauched, which honestly doesn’t change much throughout the story. He sets a goal in front of himself and he tries to achieve it. But he oversteps boundaries of respect over and over with Cristyn. And she allows it. I also wasn’t a fan of bad language. The “F” word just isn’t necessary. I’m afraid I can’t give this book more than three flowers.