Worth Any Price
Bow Street Runners (3)
Lisa Kleypas
Avon
386 Pages
Published February 2003
Paperback
Victorian
ISBN 987-0-380-81107-6
What is the price of love?
Nick Gentry is reputed to be the most skillful lover in all England. Known for solving delicate situations, he is hired to seek out Miss Charlotte Howard. He believes his mission will be easily accomplished -- but that was before he met the lady in question.
For instead of a willful female, he discovers one in desperate circumstances, hiding from a man who would destroy her very soul. So Nick shockingly offers her a very different kind of proposition -- one he has never offered before.
He asks her to be his bride.
And he knows that this will be much more than a union in name only. For he senses what Charlotte does not yet know -- that her appetite for sensuality matches his own. But what Nick learns surprises him. For while London's most notorious lover might claim Charlotte's body, he quickly discovers it will take much more than passion to win her love.
Nick Gentry is reputed to be the most skillful lover in all England. Known for solving delicate situations, he is hired to seek out Miss Charlotte Howard. He believes his mission will be easily accomplished -- but that was before he met the lady in question.
For instead of a willful female, he discovers one in desperate circumstances, hiding from a man who would destroy her very soul. So Nick shockingly offers her a very different kind of proposition -- one he has never offered before.
He asks her to be his bride.
And he knows that this will be much more than a union in name only. For he senses what Charlotte does not yet know -- that her appetite for sensuality matches his own. But what Nick learns surprises him. For while London's most notorious lover might claim Charlotte's body, he quickly discovers it will take much more than passion to win her love.
Summary:
Nick Gentry, most current mission is to find a missing lady, the man whom she is betrothed to is desperate to find her. But when Nick finally finds her (which wasn't that difficult ) but then he meets her and only desires to keep her for himself. Knowing that she is in desperate circumstances, he offers her a solution, to marry him and have protection from her fiancee whom she would rather die than be married to. So even though its not a ideal situation for Charlotte, she agrees knowing that both her and her family would be taken care of, is she agrees to marry Nick, and she would have protection from the one she despises and fears the most. The passion is awakened in Charlotte, a desire that she didn't know she had in her, and every fiber in her comes alive with his sensual touch. And knows that her heart is at risk, for she could very well fall in love with this sensual yet secretive man...
The Hero (Nick Gentry)
Nick Gentry, has lived a dangerous life, and only with the help of his sister and her husband, has he started to slowly come back from living a life of danger. Nick has a dark past, one whom he keeps secret and one that haunts him, and doesn't care if he lives or dies, and takes terrible risks. Until he meets Charlotte however, things change drastically, and he starts to come to the realization that there is one person that he cares for and would want to live with and to love....and desires her to accept him...all of him both the good and the bad. But is afraid to trust her with his fragile and protected heart.
The Heroine (Charlotte Howard)
Charlotte Howard, having every aspect of her young life controlled by one man, that wants to turn her into his ideal wife, and erasing who she really is. Charlotte has no desire to be controlled and dominated in every aspect of her life, so she abandons her family and the promises they have made to her betrothed, and lives a life in hiding, fearing being discovered one day. Then she is faced with Nick Gentry, who stirs up all of her senses, and desires to be loved and cherished and has found a man that she aches for such devotion.
My Thoughts
Worth Any Price is the third and final installment in the Bow Street Runners series that Lisa Kleypas has created. Worth Any Price is Nick Gentry story, and after seeing him previously, I have definitely been looking forward to reading his story. Nick is a special hero, and one that is close to my heart, and one of my favorite characters that this author has created. He is a haunted and dangerous man, but there is a appeal about him, where you just want to comfort the man, for he has gone through many hardships throughout his life. Worth Any Price is a charming story about two people who deserve love and happiness having never been able to find it for themselves, but together will find the most exquisite pleasure and joy. From the first page I was drawn into the story and could hardly put it down and is captivating to the bone......I LOVED it!!!
My Favorite Quote
"You'll find life far more enjoyable as my wife," Gentry Continued " You won't be anyone's servant. You can do as you please within reasonable limits. And you won't have to fear Lord Radnor any longer. "
"All for the price of sleeping with you," She muttered. He smiled, all velvety arrogance, as he replied, "You may come to enjoy that part of it most of all."
My Grade On This Book
4.5 Blossoms
Other Books In The Series
Someone To Watch Over Me
Lady Sophia's Lover
Nick Gentry, most current mission is to find a missing lady, the man whom she is betrothed to is desperate to find her. But when Nick finally finds her (which wasn't that difficult ) but then he meets her and only desires to keep her for himself. Knowing that she is in desperate circumstances, he offers her a solution, to marry him and have protection from her fiancee whom she would rather die than be married to. So even though its not a ideal situation for Charlotte, she agrees knowing that both her and her family would be taken care of, is she agrees to marry Nick, and she would have protection from the one she despises and fears the most. The passion is awakened in Charlotte, a desire that she didn't know she had in her, and every fiber in her comes alive with his sensual touch. And knows that her heart is at risk, for she could very well fall in love with this sensual yet secretive man...
The Hero (Nick Gentry)
Nick Gentry, has lived a dangerous life, and only with the help of his sister and her husband, has he started to slowly come back from living a life of danger. Nick has a dark past, one whom he keeps secret and one that haunts him, and doesn't care if he lives or dies, and takes terrible risks. Until he meets Charlotte however, things change drastically, and he starts to come to the realization that there is one person that he cares for and would want to live with and to love....and desires her to accept him...all of him both the good and the bad. But is afraid to trust her with his fragile and protected heart.
The Heroine (Charlotte Howard)
Charlotte Howard, having every aspect of her young life controlled by one man, that wants to turn her into his ideal wife, and erasing who she really is. Charlotte has no desire to be controlled and dominated in every aspect of her life, so she abandons her family and the promises they have made to her betrothed, and lives a life in hiding, fearing being discovered one day. Then she is faced with Nick Gentry, who stirs up all of her senses, and desires to be loved and cherished and has found a man that she aches for such devotion.
My Thoughts
Worth Any Price is the third and final installment in the Bow Street Runners series that Lisa Kleypas has created. Worth Any Price is Nick Gentry story, and after seeing him previously, I have definitely been looking forward to reading his story. Nick is a special hero, and one that is close to my heart, and one of my favorite characters that this author has created. He is a haunted and dangerous man, but there is a appeal about him, where you just want to comfort the man, for he has gone through many hardships throughout his life. Worth Any Price is a charming story about two people who deserve love and happiness having never been able to find it for themselves, but together will find the most exquisite pleasure and joy. From the first page I was drawn into the story and could hardly put it down and is captivating to the bone......I LOVED it!!!
My Favorite Quote
"You'll find life far more enjoyable as my wife," Gentry Continued " You won't be anyone's servant. You can do as you please within reasonable limits. And you won't have to fear Lord Radnor any longer. "
"All for the price of sleeping with you," She muttered. He smiled, all velvety arrogance, as he replied, "You may come to enjoy that part of it most of all."
My Grade On This Book
4.5 Blossoms
Other Books In The Series
Someone To Watch Over Me
Lady Sophia's Lover
