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If He’s Daring

Wherlocke # 6

By: Hannah Howell

Releasing October 7^th, 2014

Zebra / Kensington

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In a dazzling new novel in the Wherlocke family saga, New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell creates an unforgettable story of intrigue, jeopardy, and desire…

Stealing a stranger’s carriage is the second most reckless thing Lady Catryn Gryffin de Warrenne has ever done. The first is succumbing to her powerful attraction to the carriage’s owner. Catryn has heard the rumors about Sir Orion Wherlocke’s family and their otherworldly gifts. He’s the one person who can keep her son and his inheritance safe from her late husband’s ruthless brother. As for how to protect herself…it may be too late for that.

Orion is facing the worst danger a man of his ilk can find: a woman he can’t walk away from. Catryn is an intoxicating blend of innocence and sensuality, and for the first time, seduction is far more than a game. But her beauty and fortune have made her a target—one that will dare him to risk everything he’s known—in pursuit of everything he’s ever longed for…

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England, Fall, 1790

            The groan echoed through the small house, every note of it filled with pain and helpless fury. Catryn tossed her cloak on the hook near the front door and rushed toward the room she was certain the sound was coming from. Her heart pounded with fear for her family as she cursed herself for leaving them alone. She never should have given in to her friend Anne’s pleas to join her at the morning salon on the servants’ day off. She certainly should never have lingered there as long as she had.

            She found her father on his knees in the library, one hand on the settee as he struggled to get to his feet. Catryn ran to his side to help him stand and then urged him to sit down on the settee. Blood stained his pale cheek as it seeped from on the side of his head, the red of it stark against the white of his hair. The knuckles on his right hand were scraped and his left eye was already swelling. A quick look around the room revealed a knocked-over table and a smashed vase. Who would attack her father? The man was just a quiet, somewhat reclusive scholar.

            A demand to know what had happened burned her tongue with the need to be uttered, but she bit it back. Her father needed tending to first, the dazed look in his gray eyes telling her that he was not ready to answer all her questions, not even the one now screaming in her mind. Where is my son?

            Catryn quickly dampened her handkerchief with a little of the spring water her father always brought to the city from their country home and kept in a decanter on his desk. Her heart still twisted with fear, she gently bathed the blood from his face. By the time she was finished, his wound did not look quite as bad as she had thought it was, and his eyes had cleared. The first words he spoke chilled her to the bone.

            “He took Alwyn.”

            “Who took him, Papa?” she asked, although she already had a very good idea of who would commit such a crime against her.

            “Morris.” He took the damp handkerchief from her hand and held it against the small wound on the side of his head. “He and some hired brute came into this house, marched right into this room whilst I was reading a story to Alywn, and demanded that I give him the lad. Told the man he was a daft fool and to get out. Then we had us a tussle and I lost.”

            “She could see how that shamed him and patted his knee. “It was two men against one, Papa. I know, with all my heart, that you did all you could do to stop him. Now I will do what I can.”

            Lewys Gryffin looked at his daughter, his only child, and wished he had shot Sir Morris de Warrenne a long time ago. Since her husband, Henry, had died nearly two  years ago, life had become one vicious, unending battle with the man’s younger brother over who should have control over the heir, her son and all the riches the little boy now had claim to. The months of strife had left them all weary and angry. It was clear to see that the fight over Alwyn had now turned dangerously and it  hurt him to be of so little help to her when she needed him so badly.

            “I should be the one to fight this,” he muttered. “’Tis my place as the man in this family, as the head of this house.”

            “Ah, Papa,” she said as she sat down next to him and kissed him on the cheek. “You have been fighting and doing a fine job of it. Fighting since the moment Henry took his last breath. And as soon as I get Alwyn back home with us where he belongs, you will be fighting again. Now it is my turn to take up the fight. I will go after Morris and retrieve my child.”

CAT'S REVIEW

"If He's Daring" by Hannah Howell.    The story of Orion and Catryn.  I really liked Catryn - at first I wasn't sure how I felt about her but as the story progresses, I grew to admire her more and more.  She's strong, fiesty and caring.  Even though she's a widow, she cares to retain her reputation and struggles with her feelings for Orion and if she should act on them.   Orion was fun - I loved how he would try get her fired up so he could enjoy her red-headed temper!  And his nervousness at the end was quite enjoyable to see.   I was hoping to see a bit more danger - even when Morris grabbed Catryn and Alwyn, I never felt that sense of dread.  For me the story did start a bit slow but, although the danger level didn't increase, the pace did quicken and I enjoyed the second half much more.  This is book #6 of the series but I don't believe one needs to read the others (I have read two) to enjoy the story.  Enough background is given to understand the quirks of the Wherlockes and Vaughns.  (Received ARC from NetGalley)  ★★★★

AUTHOR BIO

Hannah Howell is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 Zebra
historical romances. Howell, twice awarded the Golden Leaf Award, has been a
Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist and received RT Book Reviews’ Career
Achievement Award for Historical Storyteller of the Year. She lives West
Newbury, Massachusetts with her family. Visit her website at hannahhowell.com.



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