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And what this really means is, how do we punish people for trying to earn a living through sex work? Because it’s all their fault. Henry is kind of a big deal because he’s been selected by the evangelical reformer head honchos to go out and examine “houses of ill repute” to see how and in what way precisely they should be reformed.

Neither is really 100% whole, but they know what they need in their lives and they aren’t willing to sacrifice it. For the other, it’s the pursuit of pleasure. This book, this rapturously delicious book, offers the story of the transformation of two people who are floating on their own life rafts-for one, it’s his faith. (And we in Romancelandia call that a Happily Ever After.) It’s a really big thing, which makes it interesting to read about and it’s gosh-darn satisfying as HECK. Most importantly, they both have to walk away from the experience transformed for the better. They have to face an obstacle, and they have to overcome it together. Especially because romance novels aren’t just about falling in love–for it to be satisfying, both parties have to experience a full chemical reaction. It’s not embarrassing if it’s a book about death or loss or adventure or courage, but when it’s a book solely focused on the human experience of falling in love, suddenly people get squicky about it, and I think that’s just completely incomprehensible. Whenever I’m asked why I love reading and reviewing romance novels, my explanation for people who JUST DON’T GET IT is this: we write and read about every facet of the human experience because it’s interesting and it stirs up feelings in us, and we like that. Overall: Look, take everything you thought you knew about sex work and faith and romance novels about the above and just toss it out the window because this book is about to shake you to your BOOTS, I’m telling you This is nuts, because Alice is currently a housekeeper in training to be a whipping girl at a house of pleasure in London… Plot: Alice learns that her mother is at death’s door and accepts Lord Lieutenant Henry Evesham’s invitation to deliver her home as quickly as possible despite his role as an evangelical reformer tasked with investigating the sex worker trade and recommending changes.

Heat Factor: I’m way too prim and proper to tell you how smouldering this gets, but it burnsĬharacter Chemistry: I have never been so distraught thinking that two people were doomed to be apart in my entire life, honest truth