Caroline Broadhurst is about to take a lover -- at her husband's command. For fifteen years, Caroline has done everything her much older husband has desired -- except provide an heir. Now he has given her an ultimatum: seduce a suitable gentleman and bear a son. Caroline would never think of bowing to such a shameful order, but then she meets Jack Applegate.
Jack has longed for the beautiful, untouchable Caroline for years, but the chasm between them was too wide to ever dream of crossing. Now, fate and passion have thrown them together, but the potential scandal threatens to smother their love. And when a violent secret comes to light, only a terrible sacrifice will prevent the flame of their affection from being snuffed out forever. .
Jack has longed for the beautiful, untouchable Caroline for years, but the chasm between them was too wide to ever dream of crossing. Now, fate and passion have thrown them together, but the potential scandal threatens to smother their love. And when a violent secret comes to light, only a terrible sacrifice will prevent the flame of their affection from being snuffed out forever. .
Katy Madison has written a beautiful story that teaches a woman how to feel passion and how to feel loved.
As the title suggests it is all about seduction. I loved how Katy set the story in England during the time of Queen Victoria. The setting of the Mill was a great way to the different class during that period and I found it really helped to distinguish the differences in the characters by the way they spoke and by the way they lived and worked.
My favourite character was Caroline because I found her to be the most intriguing person because I found her to be different from those around her. I got a sense of her wanting society to be seen as equals. She wanted to make so many changes to her husband’s mill to keep the children safe and to help them get an education while her husband didn’t like the changes she was making, he didn’t think she was capable of running his Mill.
My favourite part of the book was the developing relationship between Caroline and the injured Mill worker Jack Applegate. I loved how they both wanted each other but at the same time they didn’t feel worthy of the other. Throughout the book they tried to avoid each other but love prevailed in the end.
I found this book to be delicate and seducing as well as highly moving. This book is well worth reading.
For this book I rate it 5/5
