[Livro] Lord of Chance, de Erica Ridley

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Série:Rogues to Riches #1
Autor(a): Erica Ridley
Editora: WebMotion
Páginas: 300
Data de Publicação: 11 de Abril de 2017

Sinopse:

Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires. Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight mishap has them leg-shackled by dawn—the tables have finally turned in his favor. But when past demons catch up to them, holding on to new love will mean destroying their dreams forever.

Opinião:
Se puser de parte um aspecto deste livro, terei de dizer que gostei de o ler.

Em geral, manteve-me interessada e teve uma boa história: um casamento indesejado que junta as nossas personagens principais e fá-las trabalhar juntas em prol do seu objectivo: separarem-se. Isto, contudo, muda e torna-se mais que um casamento de fachada.

O meu maior problema foi com o personagem masculino, Anthony Fairfax. Ele é um jogado inveterado e joga (praticamente) sem pensar ou sequer considerar que o está a fazer. Foi muito difícil para mim pensar que ele conseguiria parar com tanta facilidade por causa de Charlotte - e isto verifica-se numa cena particular. Tudo isto me fez questionar a veracidade do enredo. Como disse, foi algo que não me agradou.

Tirando isso, Anthony é o típico herói charmoso e Charlotte é uma mulher forte que vai à procura do pai para que este a ajude, mas acaba por ser mais uma viagem de auto-descoberta. Passam por várias aventuras juntos, e ele considera-a a sua Dama Fortuna/Sorte.

O livro está bem escrito e passa-se bem o tempo a lê-lo, mas comigo a não gostar de jogadores, não foi tão agradável como poderia ter sido.

Title: Lord of Chance
Serie: Rogues to Riches #1
Author: Erica Ridley
Publisher: WebMotion
Pages: 300
Publication date: April 11th 2017

Synopsis:

Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires. Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight mishap has them leg-shackled by dawn—the tables have finally turned in his favor. But when past demons catch up to them, holding on to new love will mean destroying their dreams forever.

Review:
If I put aside one aspect of this book, I have to say I liked it.

In general, it kept me interested and had a compelling story - an unwanted marriage that puts two people together and made them work towards one goal - separating. This, however, changed and became more than just a facade wedding.

My main problem was with the hero, Anthony Fairfax. He's a gambler, and he does it almost (not to say completely) without thinking. It's very hard for me to believe that he would stop so easily just because of Charlotte - and this is shown in a scene in the book. That made the story quite improbable to me, which made me question the entire plot. As I said, I had an aspect of the book that put it off for me, and this was it.

Apart from that, Anthony is the charming hero type, and Charlotte a strong woman that is looking for her father as a way of helping her and more so to discover herself. They go through several adventures together and he considers her his Lady Luck.

It's a well written book that gives you a good time, but with me not really liking gamblers it just wasn't as pleasant as it could have been.