England in 1753 is a dangerous place. King George II sits uneasily upon the throne, fearful of another Jacobite uprising, and many noblemen play on these fears in their quest for power. Among them is Guy Morellon - hated, feared, and almost unassailable. But when Madame Elinor de Sange returns to England, bent on revenge, Morellon finds himself pitted against a dangerous adversary. For Elinor has a ruby that holds the key to his destruction and that of other men who ruined her life 8 years earlier. Revenge, though, carries a high price and Elinor finds she is no longer the Lady of Stone. She must learn to trust and forgive - if bitterness does not destroy her first.

My Thoughts:

At first from the description I thought this was going to be a historical novel. It turned out that it wasn’t.

Young Elinor goes to visit a sick friend at the Black Goose Inn and is entrapped by Guy Morellon and his four cronies who brutally rape her and then that in turn causes tragic events. Eight years later Elinor by a chance meets one of her attackers and sets out on revenge with the intent of killing her attackers one by one. Fate has different ideas.

So this book was ok. It wasn’t brilliant and with the back bone of the story being what it was I would have liked the story to have been a little bit more gritty. I think the book was edging more on romance with a love interest in the form of Lord Davenahm, and there was a highwayman thrown in for good measure. I have to say it was the highwayman that kept my interest as he was the best character in the book.

I am not sure if I would want to read another book by this author but it was on ok read. ( )