I was even less impressed when while running away from him yet again, he saves her from falling off a cliff and that's when she decides she loves him. Very Dumb makes a few token efforts at escape, but mostly there's talk of traitorous bodies and then she cuddles with him at night because Crymore has night terrors (daddy issues). Well, Crymore can't have that, can he? He pursues her, kidnaps her in the middle of the street after attempting to kill her brother (who he thinks is her lover), and then takes her away with him to his remote Scottish estate, where he proceeds to rape her nightly for daring to leave him before he said he was done. Crymore did not take the contract seriously and after a fight with his mom, he's like, 'F U, Mom! You think you can boss me around? I'm going to marry my whore! That'll show you!'īut Crymore's mistress is tired of the lifestyle of the 'soiled dove' and absconds with her belongings, selling all of her expensive gifts to live a life of anonymity in the countryside. They had a contract that stipulated that she could leave after a year, and all of his gifts would remain hers after their time was up. 'Precious is mine!' I thought.ĬLAIMING THE COURTESAN is about Lord Kylemore (Crymore) and Verity (Very Dumb).

When this book had a price drop down to $3.49, I pounced. Throw in an obsessive hero and a revenge theme, and I. and though she still dreams of escape and independence, she knows she can never flee the unexpected, unwelcome love for the proud, powerful lover who claims her both body and soul.I've been lusting after this book for years because it had so many positive reviews, and people were saying it was like a bodice ripper of olde - and you guys know how much I love bodice rippers. Verity spends night after night with him in his bed. He kidnaps her, sweeping her away to his hunting lodge in Scotland, where he vows to bend her to his will. But Kylemore destroys her plans for a respectable life when he discovers her safe haven. Flying in the face of society, he decides to make her his bride then, she vanishes, seemingly into thin air.ĭire circumstances have forced Verity Ashton to barter her innocence and change her name for the sake of her family. Men fight duels to spend an hour in her company. The Duke of Kylemore knows her as Soraya, London's most celebrated courtesan.

Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell