That last part of his revenge plot makes Mick look needlessly cruel to drag some innocent passerby into the mess. Okay, ruining the son would force the old man’s hand, that I can get, but ruining the poor woman? What does that achieve? What’s to stop the son, Kip, from just tossing aside that poor girl and shack up with another? What will ruining that girl achieve in the larger scheme of things? Nothing, that’s what. The last is the part that has me scratching my head. Thus, he is perfectly capable to execute his plan… which involves ruining both Hedley’s son and the son’s betrothed. Today, he is a very rich self-made man whose purchases and development of large swathes of London have various toffs who would normally not talk to him to discreetly approach him for investment opportunities. As far as he is concerned, his father paid a hundred or so pounds to ensure that Mick will not survive, and this knowledge fuels his need for vengeance. Mick Trewlove will never forgive his father, the Duke of Hedley, for abandoning him to the care of a widow who specializes in disposing unwanted illegitimate brats of noblemen. Amidst all this mess is a couple whose emotions ring real enough that the conflicts that stand between them make their relationship even more poignant to follow. If you can’t get past that, then it’s probably better to put down this book, because the late quarter of this one serves up an even more head-scratching twists and turns. To get to the good stuff of Beyond Scandal and Desire, one has to get past some head-scratching plot.
Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath
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