Leila is also a fascinating character, a passionate artist struggling with self-loathing after she finds out her father was a criminal and a traitor. Brainwashed by an ambitious mother to believe he could be another Alexander the Great, he overreaches himself, causing havoc in the lives of many people, most importantly in the life of Leila. An exile from his beloved homeland and a man still paying for the sins of an impetuous youth. Complex, difficult, flawed, manipulative and desperately lonely. And Kate Reading just brought the characters to life.Įsmond/Ismael- what a guy. Enchanting like an lighting Angel with the irresistible bewitching character of a dark Devil,both women and men became aware of his startling beauty.I just loved this man!I love that he believed in Allah and was from Albania.His mind and soul ran deeper than anyone else.He is smart as he can get,masterfully manipulative and darkly seducing, he was a man who was the master in a world full of danger,murder and despair.that is until he meets the golden gaze of the beautiful talanted painter Leila Beaumont.I just LOVE every scene with them together.It was full of sensuality and their chemistry was out of this world sexy!Their past was seared together and i wondered how the outcome would be,and what a scene that was!I just love how they worked together,how they loved,cared and how their whole world become each other.Loretta Chase did a great job with this novel,and i certainly will read more of her work in the future. I remember Comte dÈsmond being mentioned in "Lord of Scoundrels" but i haven`t read the first book in the series,and that`s why i didn`t know that the hero in this one,Esmond,had been the villain in the first book.Comte d`Esmond is described as a inhumane beautiful man. This one was a ride i will never forget,it`s mysterious plot,dark energy,unique characters and mindblowing romance captured my mind.and my heart.It litearlly made me lose sleep in one night. "That I should care for and want the respect of a man who's utterly false." There's the hell of it," she said, dragging the brush through her thick, tangled hair. "But names don't signify, do they? I don't even know yours. I'll be damned if I know what else to call it." She snatched up her hairbrush. "If you can call anything so monstrous love.
Needy, he could only ask, like a foolish, besotted boy, "Do you love me, Leila?"
It was that word which tangled his brain and tongue, which opened the rift in his proud, well-guarded heart, leaving a place that ached, needing tending. This is my second book by the famous author Loretta Chase, which i read after the classical romance Lord of Scoundrels that had become one of my favourite historical romantic novels ever.However, "Captives of the Night" also managed to steal my breath and heart.and how i LOVED it!
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