Douglas: Lord of Heartache

Grace Burrowes

Jan 2014 · Sourcebooks, Inc.

About this ebook

Douglas Allen needs a home for his aching heart

Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery, hates having arrived to his title without knowing how to manage his properties. Guinevere Hollister is a distant family connection raising her daughter in rural obscurity while stewarding the estate. Douglas reluctantly puts himself in Gwen's hands for lessons in land husbandry and discovers beneath her prickly exterior a woman of passion and honor. Yet despite the closeness they find, she will not marry him.

Guinevere Hollister needs a champion

When the powerful Duke of Moreland arranges an engagement between Gwen and his heir, Douglas knows the marriage is not what Gwen wants. In Douglas's eyes, Gwen deserves to make her own choices, and he will take on family, the meddling duke, and Gwen's own lonely, stubborn heart to ensure his lady's happiness.

Another unforgettable Regency romance from award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes.

Ratings and reviews

This was a beautiful story in which two lonely souls find each other and are able to overcome circumstances and come together at the end. The depth of the characters is amazing and well developed. Overall the story was amazing and touching, and I find it difficult to critize the writer but I do not see she manages to explain away so many behaviors that were not accepted in the period. I am sure that even within the social constrictions of the period, the characters and the scenes could have been written accordingly. I hope she does in the future. The essence of her stories are absolutely beautiful.

You fall in love with the people, You laugh with them, cry with them and feel what true love is all about. This was the first of Grace's books I've read and it definitely won't be the last.

First one I read so Now am going back to the beginning of the series with Darius

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes' bestsellers include The Heir, The Soldier, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal, Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish and Lady Eve's Indiscretion. Her Regency romances and Scotland-set Victorian romances have received extensive praise, including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. The Heir was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2010, The Soldier was a PW Best Spring Romance of 2011, Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish and Once Upon a Tartan have both won RT Reviewers' Choice Awards, Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight was a Library Journal Best Book of 2012, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid was a PW Best Book of 2012. Two of her MacGregor heroes have won KISS awards. Grace is a practicing family law attorney and lives in rural Maryland.