However, the plots and writing quality are exceptional.R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. Sometimes these books are a little darker than I usually read. They are fantastic! The Goode Girls series keep me wanting more! The last two books about the Sauvageau brothers and the Goode twins are the best in the Goode Girls series to date.

I highly recommend reading the Victorian Rebels series first. The Goode Girls series is an offshoot of the last series. I first fell in love with Kerrigan Byrne’s writing with the Victorian Rebels series. This is the fourth book in the Goode Girls series. I enjoy when two very deserving people find love, and Gabriel and Felicity were that and so much more! There was such a feeling of completeness to the story. I read the last two chapters and epilogue twice I couldn’t leave the couple! The plot was intriguing, the characters unforgettable, and the ending was perfect. However, the story always came back to focus on Gabriel and Felicity’s burgeoning love, sweet and uncertain, yet solid and life-changing. There were reunions, mysteries, and a nefarious plot. The couple’s innocent attraction and all-encompassing need shone throughout the pages. The plot ensnared me from the very start. Here the beast’s soul is unsalvageable except for Felicity’s ever-inclusive love. The plot was a beautiful re-telling of an old fairytale. I loved how separately they were broken, but together they were a loving, functioning pair of confidants and lovers. The couple’s personalities were so attuned to each other. However, her fragility also created an inner core of grit and power she didn’t even realize she wielded. Gabriel’s gentleness and protective nature towards Felicity had my heart skipping beats! Gabriel sees himself only as a monster until Felicity’s inner radiance rips through his tattered soul. Together their physical and emotional need for one another was explosive on an elemental level.

She has lived her life scared and lonely.

Gabriel, a man forged in hate and pain, was, in a sincere way, an innocent to any loving, genuine touch. Gabriel and Felicity’s love, embedded with violence and fear, had the most visceral and organic feel. This is by leaps and bounds the most enjoyable, most vital book in a beautiful series. However, I have looked forward to Gabriel and Felicity’s story. I have enjoyed all the books in this series. Although all Gabriel knows is violence and pain, his and Felicity’s love story is the tenderest, most romantic in the Good Girls series.

Tempting Fate by Kerrigan Byrne