Lovely fourth book in the Sinful Brides series. Calum has always been my favorite of the ‘brothers’ and I was really looking forward to his book and his HEA. As it turns out, it is my least favorite book in the series. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first three. The end just felt rushed and the solution with the missing brother just felt too fortuitous and then there was nothing else about him. I’d like to explain, but I don’t want to put spoilers in this review.

The story is solidly written, stays on-point and makes you like the main characters and dislike this villain. I always enjoy this author’s writing.

I have a complaint, but I don’t know whether to point it toward this book or the series. I am left feeling ‘unfinished’. According to the burb on the Goodreads page, this is the last book in the series: “In the final installment of USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell’s Sinful Brides series, a runaway heiress entrusts her fate to the man she betrayed.” So, we are now left with several things that should have been wrapped up – in my humble opinion. Adair is the fifth ‘sibling’, yet he didn’t get a book – say what? There is no settling of what happens to the Hell and Sin Club. Does it shut down? Does it recover and thrive? Do the ‘siblings’ come back there to live in and run the club? I am hoping that the blurb on Goodreads is incorrect and that there will be a final book that will feature Adair and wrap-up all of the loose ends with the club, etc. Maybe with a lovely epilogue three or four years down the road showing all of the families happily gathered for a celebration of some sort.

Lady Eve Pruitt has always been a very lonely, forgotten and overlooked motherless daughter of a Duke. Her father did love her but ignored her after his wife died. Her next oldest brother, Kit, is away most of the time but spends time with her on the very rare occasions when he is home. Her oldest brother, Graham, is cruel and sadistic and does some gosh-awful things to Eve. Eve has survived it all, but when Graham sets Eve up to be raped, she knows she has to escape. She only has to be in hiding for three months because when she turns twenty-six, she comes into her inheritance and can make a life for herself. It is amazing that Eve has remained as sweet, considerate and caring as she has given all of the things her brother has done to her.

Calum was born in a loving home. His father was a merchant and both parents doted on Calum. However, when he was five, both parents died within just a couple of months of each other. Calum ended up in a foundling hospital where he was beaten regularly – until he decided that living on the streets was preferable. So, he escaped and became a very adept pickpocket. If you read the earlier books you know the story of how the ‘siblings’ came together and what they’ve been through up to this point. Calum was the one in the group who kept his love and kindness. Oh, he could be hard and mean, but underneath, he cared for others.

Calum and Eve had a history. She blamed herself for his death and he blamed her for her betrayal. When Calum was fourteen and Eve was nine they met in the stables on her father’s townhouse property. They spent a year meeting off-and-on and became fast friends. Eve was so thrilled to have a friend – someone who actually saw her and spoke with her as an equal. Calum liked spending time with the little girl, reading books and learning the constellations, etc. When Calum was stabbed, he sought refuge in those stables. Eve was terrified and sought help from the one person she should not have trusted. Calum ended up in Newgate, bound for the hangman’s noose.

Another issue I have is that Eve’s brother isn’t dealt with at all. There isn’t even any public censure must less punishment of any kind. I would have been satisfied if he’d just fallen off his horse and broken his neck. Maybe something along the lines of Calum calling in all of his debts and then he and Eve living in one of the estates. I don’t know – just something.

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The owners of the Hell & Sin Club have seen their lives change over the last few years. These men and woman who did what was needed to survive the streets. They built an empire that took from the same society that would see them starve. These characters have quickly become some of my favorites and have loved their journey of growth and healing.

These characters have been forced to set away there true dreams and desires to just live a life off the streets. In each book, these characters circumstances are stripped away and we see what they truly want in a life and for the first time it not a unattainable but something they can grasp and live out.

Calum story was no different. I always felt he was different then the rest of his family. I also called him the gentle giant and his book gutted me. He was a boy that had it all. A living family and a good home and he lost it all and was forced to live a life on the streets. Calum was a boy who always wanted more but life ripped it away from him.

It wasn’t until Calum meet Eve when he was just 14 that he allowed himself to hope again. To believe that life wasn’t completely cruel and he didn’t feel alone anymore. However, life proves fickle and he saw his world upended once again and he finally stopped believing in anything other than survival.

Eve’s story had me in tears. A girl born of privilege and station, given everything money could buy but all she wanted was love and acceptance. She had none of that until she meet Calum, but one mistake saw her only friend and confident ripped from her and Eve’s life grew only more curl and lonely

Calum and Eve are some of the strongest characters Christi has ever written. The pain and suffering they both went through would have destroyed most people. However, Eve and Calum thrived when they should have failed and built a life out of the misery.

The story surprised me at every turn and did not go the way I thought it would. Calum proved to be a true hero at every turn. Even with his own inner turmoil and demons he still never treated Eve with anything less then the respect and concern she needed and deserved.

This is a beautiful story of survival and healing. It’s a story that will give you hope and have your believing that love does concur all.

*******was provide a review copy from the publisher via netgalley*******

In this 4th book of The Sinful Brides Series we have the much anticipated story of Calum Dabney. Calum is one of four "brothers of the streets" who rose from the gutters of St. Giles to become owners and proprietors of one of the most successful gaming hells in London, the Hell and Sin Club. Each in this series can be read as a stand alone, but after the initial introduction to the amazing characters in the Hell and Sin world, there is no stopping at one.

This writer's amazing talent shines in all of her works, but I especially loved her development of Calum, Eve, and their story. He is a strong, honorable, bear of a man, with a kind heart and good to the core. She is a strong, compassionate woman, a duke's daughter, on the run from her evil brother. With the brief history between Eve and Calum in their youth, and then when their paths cross again, the emotions are so real and believable. A beautiful and touching story of two individuals so caring and giving, despite so much horror and hurt in their lives. Both strong and independent, but silently needing the other. Will they find their HEA as evil again threatens, old feelings resurface, truths are revealed, and two hearts come together? I highly recommend what I find to be another favorite of Christi Caldwell's.

I was happy to receive an ARC of this book.

I promised a fair and honest review in return for this ARC. This is another story in this series. They are such stirring reads. Always a bit of a laugh, intrigue and certainly some tears. Great series.

From the beginning Christi Caldwell had me. with the prologue she described how Callum and Eve met and the descriptions were so real that you could smell the streets, the horses and even the blood. The sites and sounds of that time came into mind you could feel the pain that Callum was going through and you can see that Eve was getting scared for her friend.
With many years gone by, you have Eve and Callum about to meet again but under different instances but a little opposite of the beginning. Here Callum is the 2nd in command of a Hell and Sin Club, a place where he partly owns with 4 others. You have Eve, helping a foundling home but with a powerful but evil brother that tries to control her so much that she runs away changes her looks drastically that others couldn't breathe around her much without having to leave the room. Christi describes the club so realistically that you can hear the laughter of the customers, glasses clinking and fights breaking out.
In the Heiress Deception I have found that I couldn't put it down the characters came alive so that I felt I was there in that time and place, was along when Eve did't know how to tell Callum how she really knew him, how Callum didn't know what to do choose the club and people or to choose Eve against an evil Duke. You can read this book by it self but being the 4th in the series, you might want to get the first three books that is how great this book is you will want to see how Callum's other brothers and sister have met their matches.
Just don't forget that once you read one Christi Caldwell book you'll be getting her others for her books are to read new and over and over...
Now, looking to see what happens to Thorne and Kit....

Another beautifully written tale by Ms. Caldwell. There is a lot going on in the story from deception to lost love to second chances to villains. The conversations between Calum and Eve are poignant and touching. Even though they knew each other 17+ years ago their romance is slow to develop and seeing their relationship evolve to a deep love is magical. I have enjoyed this series and the their little “family”. I wish more of the other brothers and sister were included. Their interactions in the previous books was wonderfully written. Two little things, the villain, Gerald, is not dealt with. What happened to him? And the brother, Kit, just appears and disappears. What happened? Is Kit ready for his own book? There are other questions also…but that is another story.

FINAL DECISION: The story of two kids (a duke's daughter and a pickpocket) who find one another as adults. The characters sometimes prickly relationship is a highlight here.

THE STORY: Eve Pruitt is on the run from her older brother who has squandered his fortune and wants to force her to marry in order to control her dowry. She manages to get a position as the bookkeeper for the Hell and Sin Club. There she encounters Calum Dabney who is running the club. Eve realizes that Calum is the boy that she met and cared for years ago. Eve believed that Calum has been hanged and Calum believes that Eve betrayed him. Calum does not recognize Eve (who was herself but a child when they last met) but there is something about the desperate but stubborn woman that attracts him.

OPINION: I liked the characters in this one (perhaps my favorite ones of the series) because they are both good people just trying their best. There is less anger and darkness in these characters.

Calum, although he has a tragic history as well on the streets, knows what being part of a family is like and has a tremendous amount of compassion for others. I liked knowing his background and seeing how he managed to make himself. I also loved what he is willing to risk for love. This book clearly shows the difference that knowing about love allows one to see in others. He also doesn't ask completely as a jerk as some heroes who are in his shoes might.

Eve is a woman who was raised with every material advantage and yet experienced her own type of hellish childhood. She has managed to make a life for herself in small ways, and she has also managed to help people.

The story is intensely focused on a few weeks when these two encounter one another again. I liked the childhood friends who become adult loves and also the cross-class story. (Although why everyone in this series has to get associated with dukes is beyond me).

WORTH MENTIONING: Although this is the last book in the series, readers need not fear that the last "brother" of the Hell and Sin Club will not get his story. His book starts out the next series.

CONNECTED BOOKS: THE HEIRESS'S DECEPTION is the fourth book in the Sinful Brides series. While there are overlapping characters, this book is complete unto itself and can be read as a standalone.

STAR RATING: I give this book 4 stars.

NOTE: I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in order to provide a review. I was not required to write a review or to write a positive review. All opinions contained herein are my own.

Review to be published on December 12th.

Christi Caldwell has done it again! Not only does she tell an amazing story but it brought me to tears - first because it was so sad and then because it turned out so happy. This is the 4th book i the Sinful Brides series. All of these stories involve the owners of the Hell and Sin Gambling Hell. The 5 owners grew up in the street together and became a family. Now, one by one, they are each finding love.
In this story, Callum hires a female bookkeeper who is hiding from her brother. When she applied for the job, Eve didn't know that she would be working for the young boy who had hidden in their stables when she was a little girl. She had brought him food and books but when he had shown up injured and called her brother to help - her brother had him hauled away to Newgate and told her he had been hanged.
Even though he doesn't realize who she is - they can't deny their feelings for each other. But, when her brother finds out where she has been hiding he threatens to ruin the club's reputation. Callum must choose between protecting the woman he loves or the club he has built with his family. For her part, Eve will sacrifice herself to protect Callum and his family from her brother's threats.
As the two tuggle with their feelings and their duty you can only hope they will see their way to a Happily Ever After. Christi Caldwell never disappoints in the end. While all the books in this series are good this one is more touching because the hero is more open to love.
I received a free copy of this book.

Loved the story of Eve and Callum! She was already in love with him since her childhood, except she thought he was dead. He felt something for her immediately, but wasn't sure what it was. I understand Alistar's reactions when he found out about Eve and I can't wait til "love knocks him on his but" I think their sister said. I don't like that there's no mention of what happens in the end to the bad guys and I can't believe that Callum is going to let off Lord Flynn lightly. I do hope this isn't the end! Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy!

The final book in Christy Caldwell ‘s Sinful Brides series is as captivating as the first two. I loved meeting Calum in the Scoundrel’s Honor and loved his happily ever after with Eve Pruitt, a strong loving women who has faced many hardships. They met as children, each living a hard life on opposite sides of society.. When a young Eve tries to save a wounded Boy, it only leads to horror for both of them. Years later, Eve is in desperate need of saving and fate leads her back to Calum, now a man whose circumstances have changed. How can these two people get over their pasts and make a future together? Only Christi Caldwell can weave her magic and make you believe in happy endings! I highly recommend this story!

I've been looking forward to Calum's story. He has always been the heart of the Hell & Sin Club to me. He has been the brother with the softest touch, the kindest voice, the open arms. I must say I loved him the first time I met him. Orphaned as a child, he faced life's worst cruelties. Imagine being on the street at 5 years old. He finds a few months of solace in the unexpected friendship of a young girl. She shares food, stories of ancient Greece, shelter, and, most importantly, friendship. She is a sweet girl whose family doesn't spare her much attention, and she finds comfort in Calum. Their bond is solid, until that fateful nite. Little Eve finds Calum dying in the stable...determined to help she makes a huge mistake trusting her brother...and Calum believes she betrayed him. I don't want to spoil the story for everyone, so I won't go into specifics of the story. Christi Caldwell has a way of bring her characters to life for us. As I was getting to know the grown man that Calum became, I thought how wonderful that he didn't let his horrible children turn him into a hateful man. He is strong, he is determined, he is demanding, but he is kind and caring and beneath that hard shell is a wonderful heart. Eve has also grown up, suffered the loss of her father after caring for him during an illness. She has been forced into taking care of their finances...what little is left after her wastrel brother has gambled and whored it all away. She never complains, she takes all that life has thrown at her and keeps caring for everyone. Her only regret is life is that Calum is gone from her. This story turns into a love story when Eve runs to the Hell & Sin Gambling Hell to apply for a job and discovered that the young man she cared so much for so many years ago was not dead...but was the 2nd in command at the Hell. Without even knowing who she is, Calum feels something "different" for Eve. There is some kind of connection. There is some kind of magic. Calum sees the good in Eve, see's the wonderful woman she is...and even after he discovers that she is friend from all those years ago..the friend he believes betrayed him...he can't let her go. This story just made me feel so good. I couldn't wait to get to the end because I knew this sweet couple had earned their HEA. They are such caring people that they each are willing to give up their happily ever after so that the other will not suffer. Christi won't let us down, she won't let our hero and heroine suffer...they've been through too much. Eve's other brother arrives after being lost for 2 years and makes things right for Eve. Calum finally has the opportunity to put his heart first, to finally find the love and happiness he had during the first 5 years of his life. Eve now has a brother who can help her and protect her, but she needs more. Together Calum and Eve will find happiness together, just like they did all those years ago.... Take a few hours out of your life, curl up, pick up this story and prepare to feel such warmth in your soul. Christi Caldwell has given us a true love story, and you truly will love it.

Finally Calum’s book!

This much awaited fourth and last book of the Sinful Brides series is undoubtedly the best story of all the ‘brothers’. Calum Dabney has always been a personal favourite throughout the series. He has been warm, kind hearted and loyal. So it is no wonder that his was the story that one waited the most for.

And as usual Christi did not disappoint. And as usual, it was a speed read through the night and at the cost of being repetitive, as usual, another book that you cannot put down.

Only one word comes to mind to describe this story, and that is ‘beautiful’. It has to be the most beautiful love story, of love, loss, betrayal, sacrifice, guilt and honour. The unconditional love that blossoms inside a gaming hell, between two people, who have faced abuse, betrayal, hatred and prejudice, is most beautifully crafted by Christi.

While Calum had been growing as a much loved character through the series, he finally takes ‘shape’ in this his own book and one cannot but help fall a little bit more in love with him. I loved him as Helena’s young ‘brother’ who held her through her nightmares, and I loved him a second time around when I burst into involuntary tears in the mews when he held a sobbing Eve and assuaged her guilt.

Evie was a goddess of a heroine. She was compassionate, she was loving, forgiving and all that is perfect. She lived through hell of a different kind, and yet found it in herself to give more, forgive more and love more. A lady with a flair of numbers, a bookkeeper who did not love math but mastered it for her own requirement. She was a perfect heroine in every way.

And such was the love story, so complete in itself. It was not a chore to read through to the end and I do say that is was worth the wait ... for Calum's turn that is.

As always, I leave the book, wondering about Kit. Do we add him to our growing list of ‘he-needs-a-story’? Can I?

Christi shines again in this wonderful story of loyalty and love..

As this is the final installment of the series, I have zero qualms about saying that this has been my absolute favorite book in the series. Everything about this story just works for me. Childhood friends, separated by betrayal, reunited by accident, inevitably falling in love, reading it was simply lovely. I could not put it down! I shirked all responsibility to read it, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. (Probably will do it again. You know I love a good reread!)

Ever since Robert and Helena found their happily ever after, Calum has been my favorite brother. He did not seem to be forced into a false coldness like Ryker or Niall. No, Calum has always been the gentle soul that held his sister when the nightmares came. He has ever been the loyal protector, and I have loved him for it from the first time I met him. Therefore, it brings me infinite pleasure to say that I love him even more than ever now. His story is one of terror and desperation, but there is also love and triumph.

Eve is a good soul. Ever since she was a lonely little girl, she has shone from the inside out with love and gentleness. The rare sort of person that, if you’re ever lucky enough to know, should treasure forever. Eve made a mistake as a child, she naively trusted a man who ought to have protected her, and it cost her the only friend she had ever known. As an adult, she continues to show kindness and love to scared little children in need of a friend. Eve, as many of us do, punishes herself more for mistakes than she deserves.

One of my favorite things about this story was the little things that recalled sweet, shared childhood memories between Calum and Eve. They had so many happy memories of stolen moments. It was truly beautiful. If I were prone to weeping, the ending definitely would have had me reaching for tissues. I won’t give any details, but you’re going to love it.

This story is one for the ages. Mark it down as another marvelous love story from the desk of my favorite author. I recommend this book most highly to everyone. Sneak off and grab a few hours to yourself to enjoy this amazing story. You deserve it. 🙂

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley to read in exchange for a fair review. This book The Heiress's Deception is Book 4 in Sinful Brides and will be published on December 12, 2017. I have not read the other books in the series prior to reading this one but will put them on my list because the characters do sound interesting when we meet or hear about them in this story. There are a lot of different tropes going on in this book enough that one might find them overwhelming but some how Christi Caldwell makes it all work so if you are looking for a book with a runaway heiress who loves horses has an evil duke for a brother as well as a missing brother, is an ugly duckling who helps out at a foundling hospital and hides out in a gambling hell run by a now grown group of Oliver Twist like urchins including a childhood friend whom she almost got killed then this is your book. Sizzle level medium.

Eve and Calum have a past. She was the daughter of a duke and he was a pickpocket, an orphan who used to hide in her stables, her childhood friend until one night Calum picked the wrong pocket and got stabbed to death… he took shelter once again in her stable and she, being only nine, looked for help… but instead of helping them, her older brother sent Calum to Newgate and requested that he hanged.

Some seventeen years later the duke died and Gerald got the title. A cruel man who, in the absence of their other brother, knowing that she was to inherit a vast sum when she came of age, he gave one of his ruthless friends permission to ruin her. She had to escape and assume a new identity, so she ends up looking for a job as a bookkeeper at a gambling club, discovering moments later that the owner is the very friend she had betrayed in her childhood, Calum is not dead.

None of them lived their lives in comfort; none of them were left undamaged by that one day. She’s lived her life in grief and regret, tortured by a brother who reminds her almost on a daily basis that her beloved friend hanged for her. Calum had to endure a time at prison and then had to live on the streets again until he and his kin gathered money enough to buy a gambling hell that made them prosper. He’s incapable of trusting anyone outside his kin and is bitter about the girl who betrayed him. He doesn’t recognize Eve when she knocks on his door, but there’s something about his new bookkeeper that makes him suspect her of something… is she a spy? A thief? Nevertheless his suspicions don’t stop him from falling in love with the mysterious woman… who seems to correspond.

Before Calum and Eve find their happy ending they’ll have to overcome their fears and trust each other. They will have to revisit that time and remember why they became friends in the first place, before that day tore them apart. And this was the part of the novel that I loved the most. The revisiting, the memories… how they found comfort in each other back then. And they both will have to deal with the fact that these seventeen years apart weren’t easy, for none of them. The moments when they are together, when they learn who the other has become now that they are adults, were my favorite. Eve is a great woman, strong and brave, even though she thinks she’s a coward. And Calum is a sweet kind man, the years on the streets and at Newgate didn’t make a cruel man of him, on the contrary; he is loving and supportive of his kin and then of Eve, protective but leaving her space to defend herself. He respects her and values her as a woman and that is something she is not used to.

However there was one particular thing that I as a reader didn’t like very much. It is the fact that towards the end when they are desperate, the other brother appears out of thin air. Kit, the brother who was never there suddenly comes back and saves the day. And this is a plot device that almost never works for me, especially because in that moment, Calum already had the solution to their problems at hand, making the ‘Deus Ex Machina’ unnecessary.

Overall, despite that scene, I enjoyed reading this novel very much. I read it in one sitting and because of it I now plan to read more books by Christi Caldwell.

I was caught at the very beginning, I just could not put down.. It was a wonderful story, heart warming, thoughtful and loving. Calum Dabney lost his parents when he was six. He was sent to a cruel founding home, which he ran away from and ended up on the street. Lady Eve Pruitt lived in a townhouse with her brother, Gerald. He was a very evil man and he wanted Eve's dowry.
The characters are so life like and the plot is complex and there are some surprises at the end. The author has a well written, and smoothly moving book. Christie Caldwell has always written such a great story. I loved the banter between Eve and Callum. She proved she had brains when she found where the other bookkeeper had stolen money from them.
. I highly recommend this mesmerizing tale.

I had just finished the third book in “The Sinful Bride” series, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read "The Heiress's Deception" by Christi Caldwell, and remain immersed in the lives of The Hell and Sin Club. The novel follows Callum, one of the owners of club and Lady Eve Pruitt. Callum has grown up on the streets with the characters from the previous books, but what makes him different is that he came from parents who were happily married but died when Callum was quite young, leaving him to fend for himself. As a teenage boy, he meets Eve, who is nine, who he knows as Lena. It is Lena he turns to when he finds himself badly injured. Eve, not knowing who to turn to for help, seeks out her older brother, who sends Callum to prison. Eve is forever traumatised, believing Callum to have died.
Several years later, Eve is desperate to escape her brother who wants her married, solely to obtain her dowry to pay his debts. She escapes and takes employment at The Hell and Sin Club, only to find Callum is alive; however, Callum is not aware that his Lena is really Eve. She hides her identity but in doing so, finds herself conflicted.
The qualities that make Callum and Eva unique from the beginning of the story is beautifully explored in this story. The challenges they have faced have only made them stronger and never bitter. The underlying admiration that the characters feel for each other is one of the great qualities of Caldwell’s books, and there are many! Once again, I have thoroughly enjoyed this story and hope that this is not the end of a great series.
I received an advanced review copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I can't say enough about Christi Caldwell - every time I read one of her books, it's like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day! Whenever I am in a book slump, I grab one of her books to make it all better. Doesn't matter which book. If it has her name on it, I'm reading it. This one was of particular interest to me, because I love the idea of childhood friends becoming lovers as adults. It's a trope that I really like in a romance novel. The hero was one of my favorites in the previous Sinful Brides books, so I was excited to read about his happily ever after!

Lady Eve Pruitt needs safety from her brother, and the Hell and Sin Gaming Club is the perfect place for her to hide until she can get access to her funds left to her by her father. Disguised as Eve Swindell, she is hired on by the club as the bookkeeper, and in doing so, she puts herself in direct contact with the boy she betrayed seventeen years ago, Calum Dabney. Of course, he's not a boy anymore, and Eve can't help but be attracted to this man who towers over her and kisses with such passion. Soon she loses control of her disguise and finds herself falling in love with him, though he is still unaware of who she really is. When he finds out, it will take all of Eve's courage to fight for her safety and for the love she has just now found.

Eve and Calum were an amazing couple, though they had their bumps and bruises along the way. Although I didn't like how long Eve lied to Calum about her true identity, I understood it and loved her selflessness when it came to others who depended on her. Calum was rightfully gruff and cautious of Eve at first, but he can't help but be attracted to the woman who stands up to him. I loved how he and Eve came together once her true identity was found out, because that was my main concern while reading. I wanted him to acknowledge that her betrayal all those years ago was unintentional, and I also wanted him to realize the hell she went through at home since then. What came out of this story was a love that was stronger than either Eve or Calum imagined, and I wish the story had kept going long after it ended.

I'm excited for the next book Christ Caldwell creates - it's sure to be a winner!

He went back to the place owned by the man who stabbed him?

It wasn't the poor little girl's fault.

It's a helluva thing when work is your safe place, especially when you're a lady of the ton.

Is she sure Kit's just gone, not dead?

That's a bluff if I've ever heard one!

She's given him so many hints that she's his Lena, but he still doesn't get it.

He has an interesting bedside manner.

The lady knows her stuff.

Aw, he remembers her birthday.

I didn't know the Greeks were the first to put candles on birthday cakes.

Only he could make proposing with a candle instead of a ring sound romantic.

Please tell me Gerald dies a horrible death.

4.5 stars. I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. This is the fourth book in her Sinful Brides series but can be read as a stand alone. I have read many of Christi Caldwell but nothing in the last year or so. This book was like a “welcome back”. I enjoyed the feelings that both the Hero, Calum, and the heroine, Eve were having. That fact that both seem confused and conflicted worked for me.
Eve is in danger from her brother, the Duke of Bedford. She goes into hiding at a gaming hell where one of the owners is Calum Dabney. They at one time were friends as children to have it end with terribly.
The book does a great job with such things like right vs wrong, good vs evil, and the good of the one vs the good of the many. It also deals with all the grey area in between.