Blue-Eyed Devil
by Lisa Kleypas
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Author: Lisa KleypasEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-25
ISBN: 031235164X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Book Review: "Healing Old Wounds"
Summary: 5 Stars
Domestic Violence is a difficult topic. Difficult to explain, difficult to comprehend, and difficult to imagine. In "Blue-Eyed Devil" Lisa Kleypas boldly, yet with sensitivity and insight, delves into this horrifying reality that so many women face.
Haven Travis, sister to Gage Travis from "Sugar Daddy", marries a man that her family has reservations about. Although she is in love with Nick and excited to be married to him, she inadvertently has an erotic "encounter" with Hardy Cates, also from "Sugar Daddy"...read it first! Unfortunately despite her interest in Hardy, she elopes with Nick.
Nick and Haven's relationship is infiltrated with abuse. Kleypas brings the reader into the marriage and we painfully see the control, manipulation, power, and domination that Nick uses to abuse Haven. It is heartbreaking and very, very real.
Haven escapes with her life, but not much else. She is wounded emotionally and physically, and spends the rest of the book wrestling with the long process of healing. Enter Hardy Cates. He has never forgotten Haven and starts a slow and very romantic pursuit of this lost and broken woman.
I love this book! It is not fluff. It is filled with complex and multi-dimensional characters that become very real to the reader. I CARED for Haven and wanted her to find peace and happiness. I also loved Hardy and was relieved that Lisa Kleypas was able to make him a "hero" in my eyes once again. This book is filled with witty and thought provoking dialogue. The discussions between Haven and her counselor are informative and so very sad. The scene when Haven and Hardy finally consummate their relationship is one of the most emotionally riveting love scenes that I've ever read. It's worth the read just for those few pages!
This is a keeper. I will read it again, but not for a while. I want to let the intensity of this book, the evolution of Haven, and the sweetness of the Happily Ever After "settle in" just a little bit longer!
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