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    This Wicked Gift

    By Courtney Milan

    3.5/5

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    Lavinia Spencer is too poor to be anything but practical. But when her younger brother lands himself in trouble, she has no choice but to do the unthinkable. She accepts the help of the dishonorable man that she's always wanted, even knowing that it might mean her ruination...

    This Wicked Gift is a novella prequel to the Carhart series. The full series is:

    - This Wicked Gift, a prequel novella
    - Proof by Seduction
    - Trial by Desire

    This historical romance novella is an enhanced ebook. The unenhanced text was originally published in the anthology "The Heart of Christmas." This work contains pictures, audio, and author commentary. You can read this enhanced ebook on any device, but the audio content may not be accessible on all ereaders. That content has been made available on the web, so you won't miss anything if your device doesn't support audio.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 7, 2014
    ISBN9781622667680
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    Courtney Milan

    Courtney Milan lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, an exuberant dog, and an attack cat. Before she started writing historical romance, Courtney experimented with various occupations, none of which stuck. Now, when she's not reading (lots), writing (lots), or sleeping (not enough), she can be found in the vicinity of a classroom. You can learn more about Courtney at http://www.courtneymilan.com.

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    • 2/5
      This prequel of a series seems to follow similar pattern as the one from Brothers Sinister: an impoverished girl, a working class young man, one has to convince the other of love or something like that, obstacles and so on. While I really liked The Governess Affair because the characters were great, these two are really bland. Either this was too short to develop their characters, which wouldn't be the case since The Governess Affair is shorter than this, or they are simply not as striking as Hugo Marshall and Serena. That, and certain actions didn't exactly endear them to me.
    • 4/5
      Some good Milan hallmarks are evident here. Unique characters with pain and angst that is piercing, heroine agency, family connections enough to make you weep-and of course, some of the lines to make you swoonBut..this is missing the polish, spark. And it’s a tough read. It’s...just a tough read and the hero is willing to coerce the heroine-to the point of him believing she wouldn’t have much of a choice, and eh...it isn’t executed the best. She has better heroes who are cowards. But novellas.Lavinia is another great heroine for the collection-I think with a little more flesh this could have been something but it just wasn’t there for me, only echoes of the writer she’s become.