Casee‘s review of Midnight Angel by Lisa Kleypas.
A noblewoman of frail beauty and exotic mystery fakes her own death to escape the gallows. And now she must flee. In diguise and under a false identity, she finds unexpected sanctuary in the arms of a handsome and arrogant yet gallant British lord — who must defy society to keep her safe…and overcome a tragic past to claim her as his own.
Historicals that take place in Russia always fascinate me. There’s something primitive about the setting and any Russian characters. Tasia seems more suited to England than Russia even though she is Russian. When she’s convicted of murdering her betrothed, Tasia fakes her death and flees to England. Knowing that she can never go back to her home country is something that makes her die a little inside.
With the help of a distant cousin, Tasia procures a job as a governess. Lord Lucas Stokehurst isn’t exactly an easy employer. Though she gets along great with her charge, his 12 year old daughter Emma, Stokehurst is another matter entirely. He has an uncanny ability to see things that she doesn’t want him to see.
Tasia only has a certain about of time with the Stokehurts before she must flee again. The family of her murdered fiance are determined to have revenge on Tasia. She doesn’t count on her feelings for Lucas or Emma. She also doesn’t count on Lucas’s feelings for her.
Since Emma’s mother died in a house fire, Lucas has been content with his life, if not happy. While he never plans to marry again, he enjoys relationships with women from time to time. He has never considered anything more than a brief affair until he meets Tasia. Lucas can tell that Tasia is running and he is the one to protect her. His arrogance in assuming that he is powerful enough to help her is exactly what you would expect from a historical hero.
In the end, he does save Tasia, but it wasn’t as easy as he first thought. The relationship between Lucas and Emma was very well done. I also liked the fact that Lucas prospered after his wife died. He didn’t lay down and die with her.
4 out of 5.
This book is available from Avon. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
Ooh, this sounds like another good book by LK. I too, love books that take place in Russia. There’s something so harsh and spare about the environment. I’ll be adding this one to my TBR. Thanks for the review!
I didn’t mind this book. One of the big pluses was seeing LK outside of her usual English settings. Have to say though, the follow up book to this was a shocker! There aren’t many LK books that I don’t like, but that was one of them!
I read this book not too long ago (at least I think it wasn’t too long ago) and I loved it. I loved Lucas and wasn’t he the one with the hook?
Hello! I just finished writing a review of this book on audio, this was just released a 2 weeks ago, my review it’s mostly about the narration of the book, I really don’t do much with the plot,I just give a general idea of my feelings about the book, but I like to put a link to a review I it would would be helpful to the reader, and I really like yours very much, I was wondering if ok, to link back to your review, you can check my blog and see what I’m talking about.
Anyways, it was estrange, how I wasn’t crazy about the protagonists of this book, but yet I loved the audiobook.
have nice day.
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Sorry, I meant to say, a review that I think it might be helpful, and I do like yours a lot.
Hello Lupdilup,
Welcome to our blog and yes, you may link back to our reviews. Lisa Kleypas is one of our favorite authors here in Book Binge.