Ravish Me with Rubies (The London Jewels Trilogy #3)
by Jane Feather
Blurb:
From the spark of revenge...
Petra Rutherford
is certain she isn't the first dreamy-eyed girl that devilishly handsome Baron
Granville of Ashton has loved and left behind. But when her brother's political
ambitions place her before him once more, she's determined to give Guy
Granville his own taste of torment. What better way to best a scoundrel than by
luring his interest—before bringing things to an abrupt, embarrassing end? The
only flaw in her gem of a plan is her still powerful attraction to the dazzling
nemesis...
To a love more
precious than rubies...
Guy Granville is
disarmed by Petra's bold pursuit of him, so much so that he forgets he never
intended to fall in love—much less entertain thoughts of marriage. Now, if only
the fiery Petra would stop sparring with him long enough to surrender to him
completely—and allow him to convince her that his riches, his rubies, and his
heart belong with her...
Themes: Historical
Rating: 3.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
The finale to Jane Feather’s newest series brings
closure for a woman who had her heart crushed by a careless youth years earlier
and now finds herself back in his orbit. I have enjoyed much of Ms. Feather’s
writing for decades and with each new series we get a different look into the
world as she sees it, but this series has had some interesting political and
societal topics for the time setting that were different than many
authors. Our finale story revolves
around the third in a set of long-time female friends, Petra who is a strong
support of women’s suffrage in England and it sometimes gets her into trouble
seeing as her brother is a member of parliament. But when she is faced with her first
girl-hood crush, all grown up and sexy as ever, Petra devises and slightly
ridiculous plan to enact revenge for him breaking her heart when he disappeared
from her life without a word. Guy is
enamored of Petra as much as he doesn’t understand her. She is at turns sweet and combative, but he
cannot resist her and the more time her spend with her, the more he comes to
care for the spitfire. But their
political beliefs and ambitions are definitely not on the same side and in
order to be together one or the other of them will have to bend, but are either
of them willing to do so in order to have a life together? Petra was the kind
of character that had moments where I liked her, and others where she annoyed
the heck out of me, but I respected her for her willingness to stand up for
what she believed was right and defend those she felt needed her help. She is obviously one of the few women of her
station that understand that she has it very good compared to most women and to
use that power to help all women of her time.
She was sassy and once she opened her heart to Guy was also sweet to
him, but other times she refused to understand that if she truly loved him she
had to take into account how her action would affect him and his job. In
the end I did like her overall, but there were certainly things that made me
crazy about her along the way. Guy was
an interesting character as well, with his own flaws and foibles, as he
navigated his new relationship with Petra and learned how to be part of a
couple. He never realized how much he hurt her when they were youths, so he
doesn’t really understand the anger she always excludes in his presence, but
once he gets her past the majority of that, he sees the sweet and sensual woman
she hides from most of society behind her brain and sassy mouth. His strength, bravery, and intelligence made
him likeable and turned my mind from him being a one-dimensional character into
one I could truly get to know and enjoy reading about. The passion between them, whether it be anger
or otherwise, was something that sparked and burned those around them if they
got to close until they finally succumbed to their feelings and quenched the
fire. I enjoyed this story, though there
were moments of screaming at the characters for sure. I am looking forward to whatever new series
Jane sends our way next.
*eBook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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