New
York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas returns with an enthralling and steaming
romance between a widowed lady and a Scot on the run.
“The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. He
does it by tempting them.”
Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late
husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a
scandal. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. But then she
meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her
sensible plans vanish like smoke. They couldn’t be more different, but their
attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.
From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. One: don’t
fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. Two: avoid being killed.
So far, neither of those is going well.
Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals the secret of
his mysterious past. His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he
trusts is Merritt.
Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before, making
her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever. As danger
draws closer, she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves... even
knowing he might be the devil in disguise.
Don’t miss our reviews of other books in The Ravenels series!
For book four, Hello Stranger, click HERE.
For book five, Devil’s Daughter, click HERE.
For book six, Chasing Cassandra, click HERE.
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Devil in Disguise is the seventh installment in The Ravenels series.
While I do believe it could be read as a standalone with little to no
confusion, the reader would miss out on the emotional connection to the elder
characters in the series. Not only within this series but Kleypas' earlier
series as well, as the books are all interconnected. Both Merritt and Keir are
descendants from the various characters over several series arcs.
Merritt (I always get excited when I see this surname used, albeit as a first
name this go-around, as it is one of my maternal bloodlines. Makes me feel
connected to the character and the story even more.)…
Merritt was easy to relate to, so many facets many women could grasp onto to
feel seen and heard, her voice speaking for us. Mature, stable, level-headed,
strong, and capable, but in great need of someone to bring the playful wildness
out of her... and Keir is perfect for the role.
Widowed, barren, an elder sibling, Merritt is thriving professionally as she
takes the reins of her late husband's shipping company, employing her baby
brother to be her right-hand man. She has it all in a man's world – respect,
the love of family, but the fact that she believes she cannot have children
keeps her from finding romantic love after what happened with her late husband,
added with the fact that a tryst may tarnish her reputation. For reference,
Merritt is either plagued with Endo or PCOS by the description, another facet
that so many women face, readers easily empathizing.
Then there is Keir MacRae... the cursing, whisky-making Scot who is far too
handsome for his own wellbeing, having to wear a scruffy beard as armor against
men and women alike. He had a way about him, not only his looks and affect
effecting Merritt, but the way he twisted his words and phrases to catch hold
of the reader. Keir got beneath my skin, the pages eagerly flying by as I
waited for a chuckle here and there, the inventive way he saw the world. Little
banterific zings Keir dished out, Merritt rendered speechless.
Merritt and Keir meet in a professional setting, mishaps befalling Keir every
step of the way, as the pair are drawn infinitely closer together, the knot
tightening until they both feel as if it would be foreign to be apart. Wrought
with tension, witty banter, Scottish slang and curses, familial secrets
revealed, the pages flew by, leaving me wishing I had more. Not wishing to
leave this wonderful setting, the longing to start all these books at the
beginning once more.
Highly recommend to fans of Kleypas and Historical Romance. Forever at the top
of my favorites list. I truly hope we'll see more from these families, perhaps
from Merritt's baby brother.
New
York Times bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS graduated from Wellesley College
with a political science degree. She is a RITA award winning author of both
historical romance and contemporary women’s fiction. Her novels are published
in fourteen different languages and are bestsellers all over the world. She
lives in Washington State with her husband Gregory and their two children.
Connect with Lisa
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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided
a free copy of Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels #7) by Lisa Kleypas to read and
review.
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