Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak

Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak

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Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak

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Winner of the National Readers' Choice Award for Historical Romance

A shocking betrayal . . . Riches. Power. An ancient heritage of pride. The Earl of Druridge wanted only for an heir. So when he learned that his wife was carrying another man’s child, he was filled with a thirst for vengeance. But he wasn’t the one who caused Katherine’s death. Or was he? To his horror, he remembers nothing of that dreadful night, when their last shocking confrontation ended in scorching flame and cold blood. A forbidden love . . . Rachel McTavish, the beautiful daughter of a coal miner, knows something about the fire that took Lady Katherine’s life. In secret, the strong-willed girl strikes a bargain with the desperate earl: he must send his physician to help her dying mother or he may go to the scaffold ― and the devil. The earl agrees, but Rachel is still unsure that her revelation will be enough to save him when so many wish him dead. Passionately drawn to the nobleman, despite all the doubt and mystery that shroud him, Rachel wonders if he can really be a murderer. Or if he is the only man who will ever own her heart . . .

Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak

• Brand: Novak, Brenda/ Eyre, Justine (NRT)
• Published on: 2015-05-12
• Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .16 pounds
• Running time: 10 Hours
• Binding: MP3 CD

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129 of 133 people found the following review helpful. Neither Believable Nor Entertaining By J. Weaver I'm not a stickler for total historical accuracy because I can't pretend to know more about England in the 1800s than what I read in (primarily) romance novels that take place during the era. However, I do expect an author to at least write within the realm of the believable. Unfortunately, I was unable to suspend disbelief as I read much of this novel.In this book, the hero is the Earl of Druridge, whose wife died after a suspicious fire in his home. He is bent on clearing his name, though he himself isn't exactly sure of his own innocence. Rachel MacTavish is the daughter of a deceased miner who worked for Druridge. He mistakenly believes that she holds the truth about the fire.This story might have worked if there were some sexual tension that led up to the two falling for each other. Instead, Rachel is practically raped by the earl (she is semi-conscious through it, and the author would have us believe she enjoys the experience, but I wasn't sold). What follows is a series of events that simply breaks all the boundaries and rules of the time period. The earl doesn't just move Rachel into his home; he moves her into his dead wife's suite, dresses her in his dead wife's clothes, and gives her the run of his household. I suppose he's supposed to be a tortured hero, but he just came across as weak, ineffectual, and clueless at times. So much so that I don't think the mystery of the fire is much of mystery to readers for very long.If you expect historical accuracy in your historicals, and if you expect romance in your romances, I'd pass on this one.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful. Bland plot, bland characters, and too much that's disturbing By Emily J. Morris I'm currently going through a phase where historical romances seem to leap right into my hands to be read. Unfortunately, this one may have affected my taste for the genre. So little was good here among the just-okay and downright-bad elements of the novel that it was painful for me to even finish it.The good that does exist: I really do enjoy Novak's writing, at least as far as it pertains with syntax and description (her characters leave a little more to be desired.) Her writing shows talent and professionalism.But that is it. I get this is a romance and there is a certain level of "the usual" in the genre, but this story was predictable, bland, and unoriginal with no saving graces. Obviously, I expect the two protagonists to fall in love, but the accompanying mystery could have stood to be a little more mysterious. As it stood, it was your basic mystery thriller, decent at best.The characters were also bland, as were their interactions. The discovery of the romance barely existed here and was glossed over to force through the longings and lust for one another and some badly described sex scenes.I suppose all of this could have been enough to warrant three stars for a decent attempt, except for one thing that may have made me cold to the rest of the novel: The first sexual encounter is what nowadays would be labeled date rape. Hard to take in and hard to forgive.I'm sorry, but this novel just left a bad taste in my mouth. So little of it was good, and just enough of it was terrible.

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful. good Romance AND Mystery novel By book junkie Rachel McTavish is a small town bookseller's daughter, and ordinarily would not come into contact with the nobility, but Rachel has something the Earl of Druridge desperately needs, information about his wife's death. Now Rachel's mother is desperately ill, and the earl offer's her a trade- information for a doctor's care for her mother.I thought this was going to be a romance novel with a little mystery thrown in, but the mystery and romance parts came out more or less equally weighted. Rachel isn't the typical heroine, and this isn't a typical setting, and some of the other characters were unusual as well. Rachel's father and brother were both miners in the Earl's coal mine, and the Earl is generally hated for low pay and dangerous work conditions. When Rachel begins to associate with the earl, the town turns on her. She begins to realize that there is something going on at the mine, and someone doesn't want her to talk to the Earl about it. But if the Earl cannot prove that his wife was murdered by someone else, he will have to marry a powerful lord's daughter to keep his wife's family from having him prosecuted and possibly hanged.While the end was fairly predictable (it is a romance novel after all) the plot was very well written, and there were plenty of twists and turns along the way. There were exciting fight and rescue scenes and plenty of suspense. Some of the villains turned out not to be quite so bad, and some of the "nice" characters proved fickle in the end. This is not a typical romance but it was a good read.

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