Page Princess: TOO TEMPTING TO RESIST by Erica Ridley

Title: TOO TEMPTING TO RESIST

Series: Gothic Love Stories #3

Author: Erica Ridley

Publisher: WebMotion

Publish Date: 08.16.2019

Category /Genre: Historic Romance

Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing: received as an unedited ARC

Received from: Erica Ridley

Goodreads link: Too Tempting to Resist

Date completed: 04.09.2017; 10.02.2019

Description from the publisher:

When a new heir inherits the castle, poor relation Miss Rebecca Bond must wed immediately or be out on her ear. The only man she ever loved is summoned to hear the will—but their past ended so badly that they haven’t spoken in years. Yet who better than a heartless rake to teach her how to snare a gentleman who appreciates her charms?

Daniel Godwin, Lord Stonebury, regrets nothing more than losing the one woman who treated him like a man, not a title. Fate has given him the perfect pretext to win her trust—even if it means watching her wed someone else. But now that she's back in his life, he’ll do anything to convince her to choose him instead...

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TOO TEMPTING TO RESIST is the third book in the Gothic Love Stories series, formerly released as Romancing the Rogue. This is a stand-alone gothic novella with no tie to the previous two books in the series, but there is mention of at least one character from the Dukes of War series.

My heart went out to Rebecca – orphaned twice – by her parents and now by the old earl, her guardian these last five years. I wanted her to find friendship, companionship, and true love. Enter Daniel – a young man who has allowed title and family to come between them before – will he make the same mistakes again? Add in a few ghosts in the castle and it was totally my cup of tea!

I loved that in this story both of our main characters have been shown to mature and learn from their pasts. They each long for the other, but are reluctant to dive in too quickly. They each have a fear of rejection that must be laid to rest. Ms. Ridley does a wonderful job of building their past and their present to allow them to regain the trust that is needed to bring them to where they both always wanted to be.

This was a feel happy story that had me smiling for hours after I closed my Kindle.

Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Gothic Love Stories Series:

1. Too Wicked to Kiss

2. Too Sinful to Deny

3. Too Tempting to Resist

4. Too Wanton to Wed

Also from Erica Ridley:

· Never Been Bitten

· Two Dukes a Dueling

Dukes of War Series:

1. The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation