In many ways, Killoran reminded me a lot of Viscount Rohan from RUTHLESS - he's cold, manipulative, and cruel, which makes it even more delicious when he starts to fall for the heroine and moves heaven and earth to avoid admitting it to himself. He sends her off to be a governess but end up meeting once more after yet another tragedy befalls Emma, and this time - heh - he decides to keep her. After Emma kills him, she thinks that it's the end for her and is surprised when Fate intervenes in the form of a long-haired, green-eyed rogue with an Irish brogue and apparent death wish. One day, the two of them decide to kill off Emma to take her money, but her uncle can't help but want to sample the wares first (ew). Naturally, scandal arises, but Killoran casually takes credit for the murder before leaving her with the means to make an honest living of herself.Įmma is an orphan and an heiress who was raised by her creepy, lecherous uncle and religious fanatic cousin. When he hears a racket in the room next to his in the inn he's staying at, he's quite surprised to find an innocent but beautiful blood-drenched woman standing over a corpse. Killoran is a jaded rake who spends all his time stirring up trouble when he's not actively (or passively) courting death. If ARaM was a Charmander, TLaDL is a Charizard the foundations are similar, but the story-telling and characterization in To LOVE A DARK LORD are so much more powerful, unlike ARaM, where the secondary romance detracted and distracted from the main couple, in TLaDL, the secondary romance fuels the story and is just as romantic and heartwrenching.

I really shouldn't have felt so nervous, however the friend who recommended this book to me has never led me astray, and was my introduction to such authors as R. After reading and being disappointed with A ROSE AT MIDNIGHT, I was a little leery about picking up TO LOVE A DARK LORD.

To love a dark lord anne stuart