Kit Weston originally travels to New York to kill one Baron Cain, who stands between her and her home, Risen Glory. But Kit's not yet realized that killing a man is harder than it seems, no matter how much hatred is in your heart.
Meantime, Baron Cain catches her trying to kill him and sends her off to finishing school to acquire some manners.
Kit grows up while she's gone and when she comes back to Risen Glory, she's got a whole new arsenal of weapons that have nothing to do with guns or knives.
All in all, I did not like this book. I've loved each and every one of Phillips's contemporary novels, but both of her historicals have . . . shall I say it? . . . flopped, in my opinion. Hot Shot was just no fun to read at all, and this book had me angry the entire way through it. The hero had such potential for being a caring alpha male, but turned into a high-handed dictator over another person's life. He's supposed to be completely against slavery, and yet he treats Kit as just that. It seemed to me that Cain got his way in EVERY dispute in the book, unless he just gave in. The one time Kit did something worthwhile she paid for it dearly. I couldn't enjoy the book for hating the hero so much. I have to wonder if Phillips borrowed the hero who seems to be the same one in all of Judith McNaught's books.
Sorry Susan, but I'll continue to buy all your contemporaries, which are amazing!
Kris
Loving J. R. Ward, S. E. Phillips, Jude Deveraux, Dan Brown, and Gregory Maguire currently.
