Story can be half it's length

So much repetitious mind babble. Same words over and over and over to the point it was maddening. This book was definitely not for me. Beauty and the beast beaten over the head.

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Lords of Honor Book 3 Not much story line.<br />

The story started out fine and then it was slow. There was too much repetition of Lily's demeaning herself all the time.

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Potential

This book had the potential to be good but the author should have realized that self loathing and entitlement can only be tolerated for so long.

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One of my favorites by Caldwell

Loved this audiobook! I’ve read or listened to 20+ of Caldwell’s books and this ranks right up there. The main characters were unique and interesting. They had some pretty big hurtles to overcome with some great plot twists as well.

There were a couple questionable plot points, I.e. actions that seemed out of character. Won’t give up spoilers here, but the female main character Lily seemed too smart to make a certain bad decision late in the story.

Very entertaining, I highly recommend. Love Tim Campbell’s narration as usual!

Scars - Visible and Invisible

Derek Winters has returned from the war terribly scarred, both inside and out. Half his face is disfigured, his body bears the marks of burns, and one leg isn’t able to support him. All the fault of another soldier, his former best friend. Lily Benedict carries the guilt of an action that has scarred her life. Having given herself to a man who promised marriage, she found herself, at the age of 15, thrown out of the house and disowned by her father.

Lily has been given an opportunity for a lifetime of security, which is all that she wants and more than she believes she deserves. All she has to do is once again violate her conscience and commit a crime, against the Duke of Blackthorne, Derek Winters.

There were several times this story had me on the edge of my seat. I was torn by the gut-wrenching choices Lily had to make. Fear drove both of them to different responses, both self-destructive.

What I like about this book is its gritty portrayal of the toll that life has taken on the characters. Their emotions are honest and often painful. It has a great storyline that could easily be set in modern times.

The Audible version is narrated by Tim Campbell, who does a great job with the male voices, especially the Duke. His female voices aren’t that good. Lily often sounds whiny and high-pitched.

Right up there as one of her best

Caldwell's books have such rich story lines ands characters. I have only found one book tedious, but is not that book. agre keeps the tension high throughout, ands makes us care about her characters. once of her best.

A great story of redemption.

This was a beautiful story. The only drawback was the repetitiveness of the individuals musings.

Suspenseful

I don’t know how it is possible for the author to write a wonderful series of books that has an underlying fabric of pain an sorrow so that each book is vastly different from each other. This book has many twists and turns and it was a beautiful story of love and forgiveness.

Tim Campbell was horrid!

Melodramatic from beginning to end.
I almost stopped listening several times.
Too sappy and overdone!
Don’t waste your time!

can't like the female lead

I cannot like the female lead. She is weak and would keep making the same mistakes if it wasn't for the duke... I feel like she just sat there and let everything happen until it was too late. I do not believe her worthy of the duke but he is happy so I'm ok with it. even at the end she was annoying and foolish